{"product_id":"book-1h0v","title":"Miss Brooke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you can change the world, you must survive the drawing room.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the quiet, gossiping lanes of 19th-century provincial England, nineteen-year-old Dorothea Brooke is a dangerous anomaly. She is beautiful, wealthy, and entirely consumed by a burning desire to live a life of grand, spiritual purpose. While her sister Celia navigates the sensible waters of ribbons, jewels, and aristocratic suitors, Dorothea yearns for intellectual martyrdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the Reverend Edward Casaubon-a dry, middle-aged scholar compiling a labyrinthine history of the world. To the wealthy and practical society of Tipton Grange, he is a dried-up bookworm with one foot in the grave. But to Dorothea, he is a towering intellect, a modern Augustine, and a ticket out of the petty confines of her female existence. When she accepts his sudden proposal of marriage, she believes she is stepping into a world of profound illumination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe is about to discover the suffocating weight of her own ideals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMiddlemarch Book 1: Miss Brooke\u003c\/em\u003e, George Eliot lays the brilliant, psychological foundation of one of the greatest novels in the English language. With biting wit, profound empathy, and razor-sharp social commentary, Eliot paints a portrait of a woman whose vast soul is utterly mismatched with her reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmerse yourself in this stunning exploration of ambition, illusion, and the quiet tragedies of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51233142243632,"sku":"BD1h0v","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1h0v-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774906599","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1h0v","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}