Middlemarch

Synopsis

"In this version of the novel, Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey) attempts to satisfy her underdeveloped intellect through marriage to the Reverend Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a man twice her age. The marriage proves unsatisfying and ends with Casaubon's unexpected death. Dorothea eventually meets Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), an event which leads to further complications." [Wikipedia] "Adapted from George Eliot's novel, this BBC miniseries tells the story of virtuous Dr. Lydgate, who heads up Middlemarch's hospital, and well-do-to Dorothea, who's determined to help the needy." [Netflix]
“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” [George Eliot, Middlemarch]

Genre

Miniseries

Released

1994

Location

British Isles

Period

"Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life," the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830–32." [Wikipedia]

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