Middlemarch: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Middlemarch, credited to George Eliot, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Middlemarch by George Eliot The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamond Vincy's finishing school education is a foil to Dorothea Brooke's religiously-motivated quest for knowledge. Rosamond initially admires Lydgate for his exotic education, and his intellect. A similar dynamic is present in Dorothea and Casaubon's relationship, with Dorothea revering her new husband's intellect and eloquence. In both cases, however, the young wives' expectations of their husbands intellects are not reflected in reality. Despite extreme erudition, Mr. Casaubon is afraid to publish because he believes that he must write a work that is utterly above criticism. In contrast, Lydgate at times arrogantly flaunts his knowledge, making enemies with his fellow physicians. He regards the residents of Middlemarch with a certain amount of contempt stemming from his belief that the townspeople are backwards and uninteresting. However, his education has not included tact and politicking, skills necessary in a small town but are seen by Lydgate as below him, the brilliant doctor. (Summary - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlemarch )

Recording facts

• Recording title: Middlemarch
• Author credits: George Eliot
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 86
• Listed recording duration: 33:02:34

Catalogue topics

• middlemarch
• eliot
• fiction
• romance

Opening tracks: first 24 of 86

1. 01 - Prologue & Chapter 01 — 25:41
2. 02 - Chapter 02 — 20:47
3. 03 - Chapter 03 — 23:40
4. 04 - Chapter 04 — 17:06
5. 05 - Chapter 05 — 20:26
6. 06 - Chapter 06 — 24:10
7. 07 - Chapter 07 — 8:54
8. 08 - Chapter 08 — 12:04
9. 09 - Chapter 09 — 22:31
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 25:04
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 20:43
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 36:27
13. 13 - Chapter 13 — 22:15
14. 14 - Chapter 14 — 21:10
15. 15 - Chapter 15 — 35:55
16. 16 - Chapter 16 — 34:27
17. 17 - Chapter 17 — 22:38
18. 18 - Chapter 18 — 30:55
19. 19 - Chapter 19 — 10:56
20. 20 - Chapter 20 — 30:08
21. 21 - Chapter 21 — 24:13
22. 22 - Chapter 22 — 42:29
23. 23 - Chapter 23 — 37:37
24. 24 - Chapter 24 — 23:19

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