Middlemarch (1994) | Episode 5

Duration: 54'22''

Synopsis

Ladislaw vows to quit Middlemarch for good once he learns the terms of Casaubon's will. Lydgate's financial problems worsen. Fred declares his love for Mary GARTH.

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Middlemarch (1994) | Episode 2

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Casaubon and Dorothea having uneasy honeymoon in Rome, when Casaubon's restless young cousin Will Ladislaw calls on them. Dr Lydgate discovers...

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Middlemarch (1994) | Episode 4

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Dorothea is now a widow, but she vows never to finish Casaubon's book because of the vindictive codicil to his will. Ladislaw is out of a job.

Middlemarch (1994) | Episode 5

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Middlemarch (1994) | Episode 6

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Further resources

“Transforming Middlemarch“, compiled and edited with original notes and commentaries by Justin Smith, Gabriel Egan, Anna Blackwell, Lucy Hobbs, Natalie Hayton, 2023. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant AH/V015575/1) and De Montfort University in partnership with the British Library and the University of Nottingham.

https://middlemarch.dmu.ac.uk/ 

 

          

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