Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871–72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874, and attracted large sales. Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life", the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830–32. It has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative), and the canvas is very broad.

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Middlemarch [French Version]	Audible Audiobook	222048	$27.34		2017
	The Middlemarch Trilogy	Paperback	240690	$18.86	$22.58	2014
	Middlemarch: Annotated	Paperback	234151	$20.00		2021
	Middlemarch: Classic Collection	Audio CD	1406969	$28.32	$21.00	2008
	MiddleMarch(annotated)(English Version): With Detailed Summary and Characters List	Kindle Edition	609001	$3.94		2022
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	15215	$0.99		2013
	Middlemarch (Clothbound Classics)	Hardcover	93124	$12.00	$12.42	2011
	Middlemarch (Bantam Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	174499	$3.51	$0.01	1985
	Middlemarch	Paperback	161506	$6.28	$8.58	2012
	Middlemarch and Other Novels (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	15606	$0.99		2008
	Middlemarch (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	17374	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch - Special Edition (Includes Illustrations + Audio Link)	Kindle Edition	30592	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch: (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)	Hardcover	1832242	$27.76	$34.70	2019
	Middlemarch	Audio CD	5884404	$41.71		2019
	Middlemarch: Edicion Español (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	827695	$17.69		2019
	Middlemarch: Large Print	Paperback	1137022	$21.99		2021
	Middlemarch (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	1264675	$34.35	$55.87	2011
	Middlemarch: With The Classic Illustrated	Paperback	715775	$16.99		2021
	Middlemarch	Paperback	1166355	$18.99		2021
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	369058	$2.99		2008
	Middlemarch (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	47096			2014
	MIDDLEMARCH: UNABRIDGED ORIGINAL CLASSIC	Hardcover	753922	$22.99		2023
	Middlemarch-Original Edition(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	162033	$2.99		2021
	Middlemarch	Paperback	650618	$5.10	$5.10	2016
	George Eliot: Middlemarch - Silas Marner - Amos Barton	Hardcover	484096	$10.76	$1.98	2002
	Middlemarch: New Edition (5/6)	Kindle Edition	564881	$2.99		2021
	Middlemarch-Original :Illustrated Edition	Kindle Edition	637334	$3.99		2022
	Middlemarch (Modern Library)	Hardcover	1172149	$8.86	$0.01	1994
	Middlemarch	Paperback	9060460		$17.00	2006
	Middlemarch Illustrated	Paperback	2930465	$14.98		2021
	Middlemarch	Paperback	123830	$7.59		2014
	Middlemarch-Original Edition(Annotated)	Paperback	1193981	$46.99		2020
	Middlemarch (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	234055	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch (Illustrated + Unabridged + Additional Content)	Kindle Edition	31897	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	16264	$0.99		2013
	Middlemarch (Illustrated Edition)	Kindle Edition	51532	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	1525382	$26.95	$36.88	2019
	Middlemarch-Folio Edition in Slipcase	Hardcover	1762910	$99.00	$40.99
	Middlemarch (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	390808	$3.74	$0.01	2000
	Middlemarch: Part 1 & Part 2	Audio CD	7271834		$58.99	2006
	Middlemarch	Paperback	980240	$15.53		2015
	Middlemarch	Paperback	5618737	$14.39	$45.00	2009
	Middlemarch: (Complete Edition)	Paperback	916803	$8.99		2022
	Middlemarch: Eine Studie über das Leben in der Provinz (German Edition)	Kindle Edition	880684	$16.99		2019
	Middlemarch (Illustrated Edition)	Kindle Edition	101980	$0.99		2014
	Middlemarch (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	885595	$1.89	$0.01	1964
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	2464854	$29.99	$36.63	2016
	Middlemarch (Coterie Classics with Free Audiobook)	Kindle Edition	69541			2016
	Middlemarch: Annotated	Paperback	4053825	$19.99		2020
	Middlemarch (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	175960	$5.98	$0.01	2008
	Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	662210	$2.00	$0.01	1994
	Middlemarch (Naxos Complete Classics)	Audio CD	1006018	$69.13	$69.98	2011
	MIDDLEMARCH (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)	Kindle Edition	43516	$0.99		2013
	Middlemarch (Penguin Classics Deluxe)	Paperback	1270513	$16.00		2015
	Middlemarch	Paperback	892541	$24.99		2020
	Middlemarch: Black Illustrated Classics (Bonus Free Audiobook)	Kindle Edition	79041			2015
	Middlemarch (Annotated): Complete Eight Books	Kindle Edition	317344	$1.99		2014
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	323514	$1.99		2014
	Middlemarch	Paperback	998034	$113.90	$4.97	2009
	Middlemarch	Paperback	11944183		$12.06	2009
	Middlemarch	Paperback	1074901	$23.28	$19.77	2014
	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life; Volume 1	Hardcover	3676781	$40.56	$39.22	2016
	MIDDLEMARCH BY GEORGE ELIOT : Classic Edition Annotated Illustrations: Classic Edition Annotated Illustrations	Paperback	198505	$21.99		2020
	Middlemarch - George Eliot	Kindle Edition	225665	$3.00		2021
	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life	Paperback	532432	$18.84		2015
	Middlemarch	Paperback	64364	$7.49		2018
	Middlemarch	Paperback	329203	$24.00		2017
	Middlemarch (Pilgrim Classics)	Kindle Edition	223094			2016
	Middlemarch: A Study in Provincial Life	Paperback	1336245	$18.04		2015
	Middlemarch-Original Edition(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	659370	$2.99		2021
	Middlemarch: Eine Studie über das Leben in der Provinz (German Edition)	Paperback	914189	$18.39		2020
	Middlemarch (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)	Hardcover	755190	$10.50	$0.01	1991
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	157900	$29.99	$36.64	2016
	Middlemarch, with eBook	Audio CD	10294759	$67.96	$61.03	2008
	Middlemarch (texte entier) (French Edition)	Paperback	1855433	$20.00		2018
	Middlemarch: by George Eliot (Illustrated and Unabridged)	Kindle Edition	94587			2015
	Middlemarch	Paperback	1588101	$17.31	$19.81	2013
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	130003	$5.98		2003
	Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	167987			2006
	Middlemarch (Penguin Drop Caps)	Hardcover	656770	$11.52	$8.77	2013
	Middlemarch: With Original Annotated	Paperback	1811428	$24.00		2021
	Middlemarch: New Edition	Paperback	392144	$21.99		2020
	Middlemarch: Illustrated, The Complete Original Classics Edition	Paperback	7491171	$13.99		2020
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	223172			2014
	Middlemarch	Paperback	449895	$14.95		2016
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	324610			2018
	Middlemarch: A Study Of Provincial Life, Volume 1, Book 2	Hardcover	1577454	$30.95		2015
	Middlemarch	Paperback	488802	$12.95		2016
	Middlemarch	Paperback	121128	$17.99		2017
	By George Eliot - Middlemarch (Clothbound Classics) (3/27/11)	Hardcover	7835636	$36.33	$28.12	2011
	George Eliot - Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	579394			2016
	Middlemarch "Annotated" Norton Critical Edition	Kindle Edition	131213	$3.25		2021
	Middlemarch	Paperback	1659009	$20.12	$18.14	2020
	Middlemarch	Mass Market Paperback	1348198	$3.79	$0.01	2011
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	327616			2013
	Middlemarch	Audio CD	7041019	$100.80	$744.39	2007
	Middlemarch by George Eliot	Paperback	1022837	$11.89	$12.20	2020
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	267032			2013
	MiddleMarch(annotated)(English Version): With Detailed Summary and Characters List	Kindle Edition	433573	$3.94		2022
	Middlemarch (Clásica Maior) (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	818118	$9.99		2013
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	791672			2015
	The George Eliot Collection: Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and The Lifted Veil	Audible Audiobook	168078	$52.05		2021
	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life (Restless Classics)	Paperback	1501733	$16.11	$16.02	2021
	Middlemarch (Xist Classics)	Kindle Edition	60759			2015
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	2594203	$34.95		2022
	Level 5: Middlemarch KPF with Integrated Audio (Pearson English Graded Readers)	Kindle Edition	749370	$10.99		2019
	George Eliot Collection Volume II: Middlemarch, The Lifted Veil, Selected Essays	Paperback	1681069	$27.99		2020
	Middlemarch: Edition illustrée (French Edition)	Paperback	951884	$25.16		2017
	The George Eliot BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner	Audible Audiobook	100488	$30.54		2020
	Middlemarch-Original Edition(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	622006	$3.99		2022
	Middlemarch	Paperback	283238	$15.59		2013
	Middlemarch	Audio CD	926324	$16.93	$11.99	2003
	The Complete Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede + The Lifted Veil + The Mill on the Floss + Silas Marner + Romola + Brother Jacob + Felix Holt the Radical + Middlemarch + Daniel Deronda	Kindle Edition	193739	$0.99		2013
	Middlemarch	Paperback	1305579	$15.99	$3.96	2009
	Middlemarch	Paperback	8082334		$12.06	2009
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	266140			2017
	Middlemarch	Paperback	611988	$11.15		2017
	Middlemarch (Ilustrado): Un estudio de la vida en provincias (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	1522718	$18.68		1874
	Middlemarch By George Eliot Student Edition Annotated Edition	Paperback	2250597	$17.99		2021
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	218586			2020
	Middlemarch :By George Eliot (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	685525	$1.96		2020
	Middlemarch: Eine Studie über das Leben in der Provinz Roman	Hardcover	1781698		$29.43	2019
	Middlemarch	Paperback	99413	$16.10		2020
	Middlemarch	Audible Audio Edition	82169	$6.23		2017
	Middlemarch (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)	Kindle Edition	171692	$0.99		2016
	The George Eliot Collection. Illustrated: Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and The Lifted Veil	Kindle Edition	57198	$0.19		2021
	Middlemarch: Complete With Original Illustrations	Paperback	2864235	$17.21		2020
	Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	Kindle Edition	329728	$9.99		2015
	Middlemarch-Original Edition(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	274868	$4.97		2022
	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life	Paperback	914656	$12.94	$4.26	2004
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	312982			2012
	Middlemarch (Classics on Cassette)	Audio CD	4084490	$5.94	$2.95	1994
	Middlemarch: A Study in Provincial Life (Complete One-Volume Edition)	Hardcover	927247	$29.61	$36.11	2015
	George Eliot : Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	145335	$3.99		2021
	Middlemarch: Classic English Literature (Annotated)	Paperback	749063	$19.99		2022
	Middlemarch: Corrected and Edited Unabridged Original Text	Paperback	1655398	$54.11		2022
	Middlemarch Folio Society in slipcase	Hardcover	411829		$19.99
	Middlemarch: The Original 1871 Victorian Classic (Annotated)	Paperback	772537	$16.95		2022
	Middlemarch: Complete Text with Integrated Learning Guide from Shmoop	Kindle Edition	570589	$2.99		2009
	Middlemarch: Filibooks Classics (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	19419			2015
	Middlemarch (Everyman's Library (Cloth))	Hardcover	200573	$42.94	$23.50	1990
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	731281	$48.89		2000
	Middlemarch	Audio CD	9244467		$19.41
	Middlemarch: The Original Complete Novel (Annotated)	Paperback	1107294	$17.95		2022
	Middlemarch	Paperback	122835	$20.19	$8.60	1999
	Middlemarch (Annotated)	Paperback	1059473	$25.20		2020
	Middlemarch: Historical Fiction Novel (Annotated)	Paperback	1246932	$16.99		2023
	Middlemarch	Kindle Edition	160079	$2.49		2014
	Middlemarch (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #14]	Kindle Edition	100266	$0.99		2020
	Middlemarch: with original illustrations	Kindle Edition	545346	$1.99		2022
	Middlemarch (Norton Critical Editions) 2nd (second) edition Text Only	Paperback	210419	$21.40	$18.41
	Middlemarch (George Eliot)	Hardcover	12379247		$27.65
	MIDDLEMARCH, GEORGE ELIOT, LARGE 14 Point Font Print	Paperback	628480	$14.50		2016
	Middlemarch (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	980873	$8.28	$0.01	2003
	Middlemarch Illustrated	Hardcover	1407386	$26.00		2022
	Middlemarch, with eBook	Audio CD	2786195	$38.96	$41.92	2008
	Middlemarch (Wordsworth Classics)	Paperback	22516	$5.62	$1.35	1998
	Middlemarch Volume 2	Paperback	771968	$4.93		2008
	Middlemarch: Parts 1 & 2 (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED]	Audio CD	552656	$50.61	$44.09	2004
	Middlemarch (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot (10-Jul-2008) Paperback	Paperback	2280129	$16.11	$15.45
	Romance Classics: Jane Eyre / Mansfield Park / Lorna Doone / Far from the Madding Crowd / Middlemarch / Agnes Grey Pack 2	Hardcover	986599	$5.51	$5.00	1928
	Middlemarch (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	438196	$2.74	$0.01	2008
	MIDDLEMARCH (illustrated, complete, and unabridged) (Plus The Mill on the Floss)	Kindle Edition	981350	$1.99		2013
	Middlemarch (Complete All Books) : Classic Edition With Original Illustrations	Paperback	499456	$4.43		2020
	Middlemarch 6d	Audio CD	3039563	$19.73	$9.75	2000
	Middlemarch: The 1871 English Literary Classic (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	294506	$2.99		2022
	Middlemarch	Hardcover	1435993	$1.99	$0.01
	Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	68420	$7.80	$2.59	2003
	Middlemarch (Mint Editions (Literary Fiction))	Kindle Edition	4446237	$16.99		2020