Will’s attraction to Dorothea is obvious to all but her, and Casaubon can hardly contain his jealousy. He blames her for the arrival of his cousin, Will Ladislaw, when in truth Dorothea’s uncle, Mr. Meanwhile, Casaubon is becoming increasingly grumpy with Dorothea. However, she remains steadfastly committed to Tertius Lydgate, and they accelerate their marriage plans. Not only does Fred now have to choose a profession (shock! horror! working for a living!), but his diminished prospects could also affect his sister Rosamond’s prospects for marriage. This is all the more tragic, since we know Featherstone destroyed another version of his will just before his death, a version which might have been of greater benefit to Fred. There were surprises right off the bat as we learned of a distant relative, and poor Fred Vincy did not come into the inheritance he’d hoped for. The book opens with Featherstone’s funeral, and the reading of his will. That’s not what I found, but I still enjoyed the interwoven tales of Eliot’s varied characters. I was intrigued by the title of this book - Three Love Problems - and hoped for a bit of high romance. Well, I know all about life interfering with reading plans, so that’s no problem, but I figured I’d better set down a few thoughts on Book IV now, before it’s a distant memory. This weekend was originally the scheduled date for Team Middlemarch discussion, but various events required dovegreyreader to defer discussion until late August. I’m now about halfway through George Eliot’s Middlemarch, and a fine Victorian novel it is.
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