Middlemarch: personer, tidslinje och platser

Dorothea and Celia divide their mother’s jewels, exposing differences that end in affectionate reconciliation.

Dorothea accepts Casaubon’s proposal, hoping marriage will bring learning, service, and a fuller life.

Featherstone demands a letter denying rumors about Fred’s debts, while Rosamond imagines marrying Lydgate.

Lydgate breaks a tied chaplaincy vote in favor of Tyke, preserving Bulstrode’s support but troubling his conscience.

Dorothea’s offer to help Casaubon provokes their first angry exchange during their stay in Rome.

Fred admits he cannot repay his debt, leaving Caleb Garth responsible and threatening the family’s savings.

Lydgate identifies Fred’s typhoid fever after Wrench fails to recognize the danger.

Lydgate tells Dorothea that Casaubon has a heart condition that may cause sudden death.

Rosamond’s tears awaken Lydgate’s tenderness, and their flirtation becomes an engagement.

Mary refuses Featherstone’s demand to fetch a will for burning, and he dies with both wills untouched.

Featherstone’s second will cancels Fred’s large inheritance and leaves Joshua Rigg the land.

Will chooses Brooke’s newspaper work despite Casaubon’s opposition, while Dorothea’s appeal for him provokes her husband’s anger.

Dorothea offers two hundred a year to support the New Hospital after hearing Lydgate explain its difficulties.

Dorothea decides to obey Casaubon’s unexplained wishes, but finds him dead before she can answer.

Dorothea learns that Casaubon’s codicil removes her inheritance if she marries Will Ladislaw.

Fred asks to learn Caleb’s business instead of entering the Church, and Caleb agrees to employ him.

Lydgate reveals his debts to Rosamond, but their discussion of household economies exposes conflicting expectations.

Will learns that Bulstrode deprived his mother of an inheritance and refuses financial restitution.

Rosamond secretly stops Lydgate’s plan to transfer their house and asks Sir Godwin for financial help.

Bulstrode lends Lydgate a thousand pounds, permits forbidden brandy for Raffles, and fails to explain limits on his opium.

Raffles’s revelations and news of Bulstrode’s loan turn public suspicion against both Bulstrode and Lydgate.

Dorothea urges Rosamond to support Lydgate, and Rosamond reveals that Will loves only Dorothea.

Dorothea assures Will of her trust and chooses marriage to him over her inherited wealth.

Fred and Mary build a happy household, Lydgate gains wealth without fulfilling his ambitions, and Dorothea supports Will’s public work.