Book VI: The Widow and the Wife
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"Book VI: The Widow and the Wife" is a major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch* that advances key plotlines and deepens the exploration of marriage, morality, and social constraints in the provincial town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book VI: The Widow and the Wife canonical | 3 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of novel ⓘ |
| author | George Eliot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Caleb Garth
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Dorothea Brooke ⓘ Mary Garth ⓘ Nicholas Bulstrode ⓘ Rosamond Vincy ⓘ Tertius Lydgate ⓘ Will Ladislaw ⓘ |
| follows | Book V: The Dead Hand ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Book VI: The Widow and the Wife self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| majorTheme |
duty and obligation
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economic dependence ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marriage ⓘ morality ⓘ reputation ⓘ social constraints ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
advances key plotlines in Middlemarch
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deepens exploration of marriage in Middlemarch ⓘ develops moral conflicts of main characters ⓘ intensifies social and financial pressures on characters ⓘ |
| partOf | Middlemarch ⓘ |
| precedes | Book VII: Two Temptations ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfContainingWork | 1871–1872 ⓘ |
| setIn | Middlemarch (fictional town) ⓘ |
| workContainedIn |
Middlemarch
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surface form:
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
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