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Title: Good but Middlemarch is better
Review: I bought this because I had just listened to Middlemarch (books on CD, 28 of them) and loved Eliot's writing so much I wanted more. While Silas Marner is good, it does not have the depth of Middlemarch. Characters in Silas Marner are not as well developed as those in MM with all their psychological nuances, ups and downs, ins and outs. Plus, having MM read by such a talented Brit with all the different accents, tones, intonations, and inflections was like having a theatre in the car as I drove across country. The biographical introduction to Silas Marner was well worth it and I intend to review those facts again.
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