Middlemarch

George Eliot (1819 - 1880), the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator during the Victorian era. She authored seven novels including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), and Middlemarch (1871-72), most of which are set in provincial England and are known for their realism and psychological insight.

Alison Larkin is an internationally acclaimed comedienne, an award-winning voice artist, an actress, a producer, a screenwriter, and a bestselling author. Her voice can be heard in cartoons, in movies, and on over one hundred audiobooks. Her narration of her novel The English American won an Earphones Award and made the top-ten list of best author audiobook narrations of all time, joining ranks with President Obama, E.B. White, and Jane Fonda.