I recently reread Middlemarch, and this time I had finally read most of the literature and had wikipedia on hand to learn about the historical events that are r

I recently reread Middlemarch, and this time I had finally read most of the literature and had wikipedia on hand to learn about the historical events that are referenced in it, the breadth and depth of her erudition is impressive, as is her portrayal of human nature (complicated and believable communicated across the divide of culture and time), which is the main thing I took from my first reading.