He likes her, but doesn't plan to marry she believes he is all hers, and will propose very shortly.

Rosamond, the Vincys' vain daughter, takes to him immediately, because he has good connections, and is new to Middlemarch. Fred is very sad, since he believes that this will jeopardize his hopes for Mary, their oldest daughter.Ī young doctor named Lydgate moves to the town he has new methods in medicine, which make some of the older, more established doctors his enemies. However, he wastes this money, and the Garths, who have little money, end up having to pay it. Fred receives money from his uncle Featherstone with which to pay the debt. He has Caleb Garth, an honest family man, co-sign for the debt. He was unable to finish college because he had no aptitude for it, and He has a gambling debt against him, which he cannot pay because he has no job. The honeymoon turns out to be a disaster Dorothea feels alone and unwanted, as her husband devotes his full time to his studies, and none to her.įred Vincy is an irresponsible young man who is used to people providing all the money he needs.

Dorothea and Will become friends immediately they love to talk to each other, and seem to have a real connection, which Casaubon is very jealous of. They go on honeymoon in Rome, and there they meet Will Ladislaw, Casaubon's young cousin, whom Casaubon dislikes. Dorothea likes him because he is educated, and she wants to learn, though the marriage is a total mistake.ĭorothea and Casaubon get married Casaubon hopes for someone to comfort and serve him, and Dorothea wants to be of use in his work. Brooke, Dorothea's uncle, try to counsel her against marrying Casaubon, though she will not listen. Celia, more sensible, chooses Sir James Chettam, a local nobleman who wanted to marry Dorothea, before she turned him down. Dorothea chooses Casaubon, a dried-up old scholar, for her husband, much to everyone's dismay. Dorothea and Celia are two Middlemarch sister of marriageable age.

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