What is Middlemarch about?

19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change. In the provincial town of Middlemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperately seeks intellectual fulfillment in a male-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the elderly scholar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and develops an instant connection with Casaubon's young cousin, Will Ladislaw. When idealistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battle between conservatives and liberals in town. He quickly becomes enamored of the beautiful, privileged Rosamond Vincy, a woman whose troubles seem bound to destroy him.

Latest episode

S1 · Episode 6 — Episode 6 · 1994-02-16

Dr. Lydgate's finances have reached a crisis and many of his furnishings are repossessed. Unbeknownst to him, his wife Rosamond has written to his uncle Godwin asking for £1000 but he responds directly to Lydgate in a most deprecating manner.

Genres: Drama, Comedy
First aired: 1994-01-12
Rating: ★ 7.9 / 10

Top cast

Rufus Sewell Will Ladislaw
Juliet Aubrey Dorothea Brooke
Peter Jeffrey Bulstrode
Trevyn McDowell Rosamond Vincy
Douglas Hodge Dr. Tertius Lydgate
Robert Hardy Arthur Brooke

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