George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 8 - Eliot as Historian
15th June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College
Eliot as Historian
• Middlemarch, Book 8 & Epilogue
• (Optional) Woolf, ‘George Eliot’
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!