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Partner:: New Yorker
Location:: SVA Theatre 2
New York, NY
Event Date:: 10.02.11
Speaker:: Rebecca Mead
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Summary: REBECCA MEAD: "MIDDLEMARCH" AND ME

Rebecca Mead has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1997. She is the author of One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding. Her piece on George Eliot and "Middlemarch" appeared in the magazine�s Anniversary Issue and is the basis of her forthcoming book.

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Rebecca Mead

Rebecca Mead is the author of One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, a book that "does for the matrimony industry what Jessica Mitford in the American Way of Death did for the funeral business," according to Holly Brubach in the New York Times. Mead was born in London, educated at Oxford and at N.Y.U. She has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1997, where she has interviewed everyone from goat herders in Mongolia to members of the fashion-obsessed social elite of Sao Paulo, and from Slavoj Zizek to Shaquille O'Neal.

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01.: Introduction

00 min 51 sec

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02.: Is it Never too Late to Be What You Might Have Been?

04 min 13 sec

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03.: History of "Middlemarch"

02 min 52 sec

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04.: Identifying with Dorothea

02 min 14 sec

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05.: Emotional Evolution of Characters

05 min 00 sec

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06.: Origins of the Quote?

02 min 27 sec

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07.: History of George Eliot

09 min 26 sec

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08.: Writing "Middlemarch"

14 min 12 sec

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09.: Dorothea's Depiction

01 min 35 sec

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10.: What "Middlemarch" Teaches Us

01 min 32 sec

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11.: Q1: Compliments / Comments

01 min 09 sec

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12.: Q2: Morality of Books vs. Scandal of Life?

04 min 22 sec

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13.: Q3: Adopting the Name George Eliot?

02 min 26 sec

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14.: Q4: Relationship of Fred and Marry?

02 min 16 sec

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15.: Q5: Gwendolyn's Marriage vs. Dorothea's Marriage?

01 min 28 sec

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16.: Q6: 'It's Never too Late...' and Fred

03 min 28 sec

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17.: Q7: Why Young People Should Read it Now?

02 min 04 sec

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18.: Q8: Eliot as Psychologist / Sociologist?

02 min 53 sec

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19.: Q9: Serialization?

01 min 44 sec

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20.: Q10: Reading "Romola"?

01 min 30 sec

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21.: Q11: Backlash of True Identity?

01 min 15 sec

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22.: Q12: Eliot vs. Dorothea

03 min 10 sec

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23.: Q13: 17th Century Chapter Style?

02 min 46 sec

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One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

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New Yorker, The: U.S. weekly magazine, famous for its varied literary fare and humour. It was founded in 1925 by Harold Ross, who was its editor until 1951. Initially focused on New York City's amusements and social and cultural life, it gradually acquired a broader scope, encompassing literature, current affairs, and other topics. Aimed at a sophisticated, liberal audience, it became renowned for its short fiction, cartoons, major (occasionally book-length) nonfiction pieces, and detailed reviews in the arts. It was sold in 1985 to Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. (see Newhouse family). Since Ross, its editors have been William Shawn (1952–87), Robert Gottlieb (1987–92), Tina Brown (1992–98), and David Remnick (from 1998).; New Yorker, The on britannica.com