{"product_id":"book-273v","title":"Middlemarch (Book 5: The Dead Hand)","description":"Middlemarch (Book 5: The Dead Hand), A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midlands town, from 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Leavened with comic elements, Middlemarch approaches significant historical events in a realist mode: the Reform Act 1832, early railways, and the accession of King William IV. It looks at medicine of the time and reactionary views in a settled community facing unwelcome change. Eliot began writing the two pieces that formed the novel in 1869-1870 and completed it in 1871. Initial reviews were mixed, but it is now seen widely as her best work and one of the great English novels.","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67381264711984,"sku":"BD273v","price":5.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-273v","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}