George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 6 - Politics II: Reform Bill
1st June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College
Politics II: Reform Bill
• Middlemarch, Book 6
• (Optional) Eliot, Felix Holt, the Radical
The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.
Tea and biscuits provided!