# Middlemarch — Chapters explained > Chapter companions for Middlemarch by George Eliot. - [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/dedication.md): A brief dedication to George Henry Lewes, acknowledging nineteen years of marriage. - [Prelude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/prelude.md): The Prelude introduces the metaphor of Saint Theresa as a type of passionate, idealistic woman whose epic aspirations are thwarted by circumstance. It suggests that many such women exist in every age, but without a coher - [Middlemarch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/middlemarch.md): The novel introduces the provincial town of Middlemarch and its inhabitants, setting the stage for the intersecting lives of Dorothea Brooke, Tertius Lydgate, and others, as they navigate ambition, marriage, and social e - [Book I: Miss Brooke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-i-miss-brooke.md): This opening chapter introduces Dorothea Brooke, a young woman of strong ideals and religious fervor, living with her uncle Mr. Brooke and her more conventional sister Celia. Dorothea's earnest nature and desire for a gr - [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces Dorothea Brooke, a young woman of strong ideals and religious fervor, living with her uncle Mr. Brooke and her sister Celia. Dorothea is more interested in intellectual and charitable pursuits than > 93 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=middlemarch_1878kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest. - [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/vi.md) - [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/vii.md) - [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/viii.md) - [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/ix.md) - [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/x.md) - [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xi.md) - [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xii.md) - [Book II: Old and Young](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-ii-old-and-young.md) - [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xiii.md) - [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xiv.md) - [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xv.md) - [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xvi.md) - [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xvii.md) - [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xviii.md) - [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xix.md) - [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xx.md) - [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxi.md) - [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxii.md) - [Book III: Waiting for Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-iii-waiting-for-death.md) - [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxiii.md) - [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxiv.md) - [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxv.md) - [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxvi.md) - [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxvii.md) - [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxviii.md) - [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxix.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxx.md) - [Chapter XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxi.md) - [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxii.md) - [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxiii.md) - [Book IV: Three Love Problems](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-iv-three-love-problems.md) - [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxiv.md) - [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxv.md) - [Chapter XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxvi.md) - [Chapter XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxvii.md) - [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxviii.md) - [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxix.md) - [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xl.md) - [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xli.md) - [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlii.md) - [Book V: The Dead Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-v-the-dead-hand.md) - [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xliii.md) - [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xliv.md) - [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlv.md) - [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlvi.md) - [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlvii.md) - [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlviii.md) - [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xlix.md) - [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/l.md) - [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/li.md) - [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lii.md) - [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/liii.md) - [Book VI: The Widow and the Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-vi-the-widow-and-the-wife.md) - [Chapter LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/liv.md) - [LV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lv.md) - [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lvi.md) - [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lvii.md) - [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lviii.md) - [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lix.md) - [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lx.md) - [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxi.md) - [LXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxii.md) - [Book VII: Two Temptations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-vii-two-temptations.md) - [LXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxiii.md) - [Chapter LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxiv.md) - [LXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxv.md) - [LXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxvi.md) - [LXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxvii.md) - [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxviii.md) - [Chapter LXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxix.md) - [Chapter LXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxx.md) - [LXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxi.md) - [Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/book-viii-sunset-and-sunrise.md) - [LXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxii.md) - [LXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxiii.md) - [LXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxiv.md) - [LXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxv.md) - [LXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxvi.md) - [LXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxvii.md) - [LXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxviii.md) - [LXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxix.md) - [LXXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxx.md) - [LXXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxi.md) - [LXXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxii.md) - [LXXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxiii.md) - [LXXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxiv.md) - [LXXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxv.md) - [LXXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/lxxxvi.md) - [Finale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/finale.md) HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters