madebyturner

Once you become accustomed to the rhythm and tempo of George Eliot's writing style and the turn of the century language, you fall into the story and find yourself very much involved with the characters. She has a knack for inventing people who are very human with foibles and faults and shining moments - very real. Her story involves Maggie and her internal moral struggles, her personality and nature are at war with the external world she lives in. Maggie never quite fits in, yet her sensitive nature makes every effort to become what she should be and many times she's within sight of her goal, then her natural self breaks through, cannot be contained and results in tragedy for herself and those she loves. Maggie's story is one of star-crossed love, sterling character, forgiveness, redemption, and tragedy. You watch helplessly as her life continues its march towards it's tragic conclusion. You feel for her and the other characters in the book, but are helpless to stop them from their choices and the actions they take that set them unerringly on a collision course. It hurts to watch because you desperately care about her and also desperately want things to work out. The story is written so well that you can't look away. George Eliot, along with Dickens and Austen, is one of England's finest writers and her stories are deep, demanding, challenging, and plumb the depths of human nature.

2022-12-14 00:51