Crossword-Solution: MIDDLEMARCH
We have 12 clues for the answer “MIDDLEMARCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "... like hearing the grass grow ..." | 1 answer |
| 1871 Eliot novel | 1 answer |
| Classic with the subtitle "A Study of Provincial Life" | 1 answer |
| George Eliot novel set in a fictitious English town | 1 answer |
| George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it | 1 answer |
| Novel re Caesar's demise? | 1 answer |
| Novel with the character Dorothea Brooke | 1 answer |
| George Eliot's classic novel set in a provincial English town | 1 answer |
| Eliot novel | 3 answers |
| George Eliot novel | 4 answers |
| CHARACTER ELIOT | 10 answers |
| SOUTH Island city/town | 51 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
CTLEROE
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with MIDDLEMARCH (5)
But after Corey had greeted Irene he glanced at the novel under his eye, and said, in the dearth that sometimes befalls people at such times: "I see you're reading Middlemarch.
They seemed to be on very good terms with each other." "I suppose it's the plain sister who's reading Middlemarch." "Plain? Is she plain?" asked the young man, as if searching his consciousness.
The box was full of things he had been waiting for impatiently; a new volume of Herbert Spencer, another collection of the prolific Alphonse Daudet's brilliant tales, and a novel called "Middlemarch," as to which there had lately been interesting things said in the reviews.
Secretary of 131 the Literary and Philosophical Mechanics’ Institute_, _Middlemarch_ _From William Ladislaw_, _Esq._, _to Mrs.
George Eliot has admirably noted it--“In these frail vessels is borne onward through the ages the treasure of human affection.” In “Romeo and Juliet” Juliet has to be important, just as, in “Adam Bede” and “The Mill on the Floss” and “Middlemarch” and “Daniel Deronda,” Hetty Sorrel and Maggie Tulliver and Rosamond Vincy and Gwendolen Harleth have to be; with that much of firm ground, that much of bracing air, at the disposal all the while of their feet and their lungs.
Quotes with MIDDLEMARCH (3)
One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He lasted about one act, then turned to me in horror: 'This is how you spend your days? Thinking about things like this?' I was ashamed. I could have been learning about string theory or how flowers pollinate themselves. I think his remark was the beginning of my crisis of faith. Like so many of my generation in graduate school, I had turned to literature as a kin…
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up for a few minutes. But if they're good, I turn into a social moron for days, refusing to go out of my room, scowling and growling at interruptions, ignoring weddings and funerals, and making enemies out of friends. I still bear the scars of Middlemarch.
There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book. The reason for that is that in adult literary fiction, stories are there on sufferance. Other things are felt to be more important: technique, style, literary knowingness. Adult writers who deal in straightforward stories find themselves sidelined into a genre such as crime or science fiction, where no one expects literary craftsmanship. But stories …
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Appears in: NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1986–2022).