Middlemarch 📖

Middlemarch

Eliot George
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literary fiction social realism past tense third omni POV ~1,338 pp

Vibe

melancholic psychological realist

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count334,430
Page count~1,338 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird omni