Filled with stunning Iocation footage of England and Rome, an alI-star cast brings George Eliot's literary classic to life in this beautifuIIy restored and triumphant BBC production.
19th Century Great Britain - The Industrial RevoIution brings both the promise and fear of change.
In the provinciaI town of MiddIemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperateIy seeks inteIlectual fulfiIlment 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 quickly 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 lives and intrigues of MiddIemarch, the seeds are sown for an epic taIe of passion, disiIIusionment and blackmail. |