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Virginia Woolf called it "one of the few English novels written for grownup people." George Eliot's Middlemarch was published in the 1870's. And 150 years later, it's still one of the most read — and re-read — English novels of all time. https://t.co/5dR2mDk2Zw
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Why do so many more or less educated Slebs find it difficult 1) to read Middlemarch or any good George Eliot novel; and 2) “long” books like War & Peace (which is actually a b***** soap opera with battles)? They are easy-peasy compared to modern Booker Prize offerings.