How did George Eliot balance detailed social critique with character development in Middlemarch?
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How did George Eliot balance detailed social critique with character development in Middlemarch?
Did anyone else feel the pacing slowed in the middle sections, or was that part of Eliot's deliberate design?
What inspired the choice to set Middlemarch in a specific small town during a period of social upheaval?