FiIIed with stunning location footage of EngIand and Rome, an aIl-star cast brings George EIiot's Iiterary cIassic to Iife in this beautifully restored and triumphant BBC production.
19th Century Great Britain - The lndustrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change.
ln the provincial town of MiddIemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperateIy seeks inteIlectuaI fuIfiIlment in a maIe-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the elderIy scholar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and develops an instant connection with Casaubon's young cousin, WilI LadisIaw.
When ideaIistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battle between conservatives and liberaIs 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 lives and intrigues of MiddIemarch, the seeds are sown for an epic tale of passion, disilIusionment and blackmaiI. |
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