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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Ep. 111
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This week's book guest is Middlemarch by George Eliot.
In this episode we discuss soap operas, love stories, socialism, Nietzsche and Cariad getting angry.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub
Produced by Naomi Parnell
Recorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
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