Mr. Brooke

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Mr. Brooke is a comfortably off, somewhat ineffectual country gentleman and politician in George Eliot’s novel "Middlemarch," known for his muddled liberalism and guardianship of Dorothea Brooke.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Country gentleman
Fictional character
Literary character
Politician
appearsIn Middlemarch NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Realist novel
createdBy George Eliot NERFINISHED
employs Caleb Garth NERFINISHED
Will Ladislaw NERFINISHED
firstAppearsIn Middlemarch, Book I NERFINISHED
hasFullName Edward Casaubon Brooke NERFINISHED
hasGender Male
hasNationality English
hasOccupation Justice of the peace
Landowner
Parliamentary candidate
hasPoliticalView Liberalism
hasRelationshipWith Will Ladislaw NERFINISHED
hasSocialClass Gentry
hasSurname Brooke NERFINISHED
hasTrait Absent-minded
Comfortably off
Good-natured
Indecisive
Ineffectual
Liberal
Muddled
isCandidateFor Parliament NERFINISHED
isCaricatureOf Muddled liberal landowner
isCriticizedBy Middlemarch newspaper NERFINISHED
isEmployerOf Caleb Garth NERFINISHED
isGuardianOf Celia Brooke NERFINISHED
Dorothea Brooke NERFINISHED
isLandownerOf Freshitt estate (in part) NERFINISHED
isRelativeOf Celia Brooke NERFINISHED
Dorothea Brooke NERFINISHED
isSatirizedBy Mr. Brooke’s own election campaigners
isSetInTimePeriod Early 19th century England
isUncleOf Celia Brooke NERFINISHED
Dorothea Brooke NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
livesIn Tipton Grange NERFINISHED
owns Tipton Grange NERFINISHED
residesNear Middlemarch NERFINISHED
runsForOfficeIn Middlemarch borough NERFINISHED
supports Reform Bill NERFINISHED

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Dorothea Brooke guardianOrUncle Mr. Brooke
Will Ladislaw politicalAllyOf Mr. Brooke
Will Ladislaw worksFor Mr. Brooke