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Middlemarch review – World’s Greatest Novel hurtles from costume drama to jolting marital tragedy
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 16:40 UTC. The headline in use is “Middlemarch review – World’s Greatest Novel hurtles from costume drama to jolting marital tragedy”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon This RSC staging of the sprawling middle England masterpiece has humour, compassion – and even George Eliot herself as a character Is there a literary achievement greater than George Eliot’s stonking masterpiece? Not according to a Guardian poll, topped by this sprawling, contemplative and profound book about…
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Middlemarch review – World’s Greatest Novel hurtles from costume drama to jolting marital tragedy
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