Fred's only hope is that his old, dying uncle Peter Featherstone will leave him money in his will. He has accepted credit from unreliable sources and must find a way to repay the debt if he does not, the father of Mary Garth, Fred's only true love, must pay the debt for him. Fred Vincy, by nature a somewhat wild and undisciplined young man, finds himself in debt. In the meantime, the lives of another pair of would-be lovers becomes quite complicated. Against the desires of many in the Middlemarch community, Dorothea and Casaubon are married. Dorothea, the beautiful, clever sister, immediately attracts the attention of Sir James Chettam, but with her always present desire to be useful, Dorothea has eyes only for the older, scholarly Mr. Brooke at Tipton Grange in Middlemarch, a small town in the English countryside. After their parents die, Celia and Dorothea Brooke go to live with their uncle Mr.
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