Today marks the end of our year-long reading of nearly all of George Eliot's novels. By reading a chapter a day, we finished Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. Looking back over the past year, I have to admit that this year's challenge was more difficult for … Continue reading George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
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Middlemarch: Preparing for the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along
The George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along continues this week with a book that some call the greatest novel in the English language, Middlemarch: A Study in Provincial Life. I have wanted to read Middlemarch for many years, having started it several times, but I was never able to make it very far. A book like Middlemarch … Continue reading Middlemarch: Preparing for the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along
Preparing for the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along: Adam Bede
The 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along begins in just two days with Eliot's first novel, Adam Bede. Mary Ann Evans wrote Adam Bede when she was close to 40 years old. She had already been fairly successful as a non-fiction writer, translator, and editor up to that time, but she had resolved to become a … Continue reading Preparing for the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along: Adam Bede
The Mystery of the Vintage Works of George Eliot
As the new year approaches, I'm getting more and more excited to begin the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-day Read-along. Not only am I looking forward to spending an entire year immersed in the fiction of Mary Ann Evans (aka George Eliot), but I'm also excited to read the the vintage set of her works that … Continue reading The Mystery of the Vintage Works of George Eliot
Announcing the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-Along
This is the official sign-up post for the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-along. It's hard to believe, but 2023 will be the sixth year of my hosting chapter-a-day read-alongs. To celebrate this sixth year, I am very excited to announce that we will be reading six major works by George Eliot. Why George Eliot? Two … Continue reading Announcing the 2023 George Eliot Chapter-a-Day Read-Along