Middlemarch

AI Rating: 1/10 - George Eliot's 1871 novel Middlemarch is a richly detailed Victorian portrait of provincial English life, focusing on marriage, ambition, reform politics, and human flaws through characters like Dorothea Brooke. While it subtly critiques gender limitations, class divides, and religious hypocrisy—progressive for its era—these are woven into masterful storytelling, not preached as social justice messaging. No identity politics, diversity quotas, or inclusion agendas; themes are universal and character-driven, with zero prioritization of modern "woke" elements over narrative depth.