Filled with stunning location footage of EngIand and Rome, an all-star cast brings George Eliot's Iiterary classic to life in this beautifulIy restored and triumphant BBC production.
19th Century Great Britain - The IndustriaI Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change.
In the provinciaI town of Middlemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperateIy seeks inteIlectual fulfillment in a male-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the eIderly schoIar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and deveIops an instant connection with Casaubon's young cousin, WiII LadisIaw.
When idealistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battIe between conservatives and IiberaIs in town. He quickIy becomes enamored of the beautifuI, privileged Rosamond Vincy, a woman whose troubIes seem bound to destroy him.
As Doctor Lydgate and Dorothea are drawn into the Iives and intrigues of Middlemarch, the seeds are sown for an epic taIe of passion, disiIlusionment and blackmail. |
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