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Title: Removed from context this book falls flat.
Review: As a modern reader I found the tone of Eliot to not only be didactic but insultingly so. With every nuance so pointed in its intentions the characters and action are devoid of any impact. One cannot help that feel this is clearly a novel that has aged badly for the simple reasons that its very heavy handed message is old hat and obviously the original audience for this novel was one of lower education standards than today. As a simple book written to carry a message this is one of the weaker Eliot novels for the modern audience to read.
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