![]() That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. ![]() 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.To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. He regards the residents of Middlemarch with a certain amount of contempt stemming from his belief that the townspeople are backwards and uninteresting. ![]() In contrast, Lydgate at times arrogantly flaunts his knowledge, making enemies with his fellow physicians. Casaubon is afraid to publish because he believes that he must write a work that is utterly above criticism. In both cases, however, the young wives' expectations of their husbands intellects are not reflected in reality.ĭespite extreme erudition, Mr. A similar dynamic is present in Dorothea and Casaubon's relationship, with Dorothea revering her new husband's intellect and eloquence. Rosamond initially admires Lydgate for his exotic education, and his intellect. ![]() Rosamond Vincy's finishing school education is a foil to Dorothea Brooke's religiously-motivated quest for knowledge. ![]() The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Download cover art Download CD case insert Middlemarch ![]()
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