{"product_id":"middlemarch-hardcover-1","title":"Middlemarch - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Hische\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet by superstar type designer Jessica Hische, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. to Wes Anderson's film \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e to Penguin's own bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e. A collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series design encompasses foil-stamped paper-over-board cases in a rainbow-hued spectrum across all twenty-six book spines and a decorative stain on all three paper edges. Penguin Drop Caps debuts with an \"A\" for Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"B\" for Charlotte Bront 's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, and a \"C\" for Willa Cather's \u003ci\u003eMy  ntonia\u003c\/i\u003e, and continues with more classics from Penguin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eE is for Eliot.\u003c\/b\u003e Considered one the masterpieces of realist fiction, George Eliot's novel, \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life\u003c\/i\u003e, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes. The proposed Reform Bill promises political change; the building of railroads alters both the physical and cultural landscape; new scientific approaches to medicine incite public division; and scandal lurks behind respectability. The quiet drama of ordinary lives and flawed choices are played out in the complexly portrayed central characters of the novel--the idealistic Dorothea Brooke; the ambitious Dr. Lydgate; the spendthrift Fred Vincy; and the steadfast Mary Garth. The appearance of two outsiders further disrupts the town's equilibrium--Will Ladislaw, the spirited nephew of Dorothea's husband, the Rev. Edward Casaubon, and the sinister John Raffles, who threatens to expose the hidden past of one of the town's elite. \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e displays George Eliot's clear-eyed yet humane understanding of characters caught up in the mysterious unfolding of self-knowledge.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGEORGE ELIOT (Mary Ann Evans Cross) was born on November 22, 1819 at Arbury Farm, Warwickshire, England. She received an ordinary education and, upon leaving school at the age of sixteen, embarked on a program of independent study to further her intellectual growth. In 1841 she moved with her father to Coventry, where the influences of \"skeptics and rationalists\" swayed her from an intense religious devoutness to an eventual break with the church. The death of her father in 1849 left her with a small legacy and the freedom to pursue her literary inclinations. In 1851 she became the assistant editor of the Westminster Review, a position she held for three years. In 1854 came the fated meeting with George Henry Lewes, the gifted editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Leader\u003c\/i\u003e, who was to become her adviser and companion for the next twenty-four years. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eScenes of a Clerical Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1858), was followed by \u003ci\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/i\u003e (1859), \u003ci\u003eThe Mill on the Floss\u003c\/i\u003e (1860), \u003ci\u003eSilas Marner\u003c\/i\u003e (1861), and \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch \u003c\/i\u003e(1872). The death of Lewes, in 1878, left her stricken and lonely. On May 6, 1880, she married John Cross, a friend of long standing, and after a brief illness she died on December 22 of that year, in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJESSICA HISCHE is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a \u003ci\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"30 under 30\" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of \u003ci\u003ePrint Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's \"New Visual Artists\". She has designed for Wes Anderson, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co, Penguin Books and many others. 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