Middlemarch Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapters 37-39 Summary

Chapters 37-39 Summary

Talk of politics increases in Middlemarch as elections draw near. Brooke has hired Ladislaw to write his politic speeches. Brooke compares the young man's writing to that of Shelley.

On the contrary, Casaubon likes Ladislaw less. Will never receives invitation to Lowick and never sees Dorothea. He notices, to himself, a change in her since their meeting in Rome. He contrives a way to see her by going to Lowick to draw the scenery. When a sudden rainstorm drives him inside, he fears that his chances are ruined. However, Dorothea is home alone; they speak for a brief period. They both express the desire to converse as they did in Rome. Will fears that Dorothea's health is suffering from the work she does for Casaubon.

At Dorothea's request, Will describes his family, prompted by a picture of his grandmother at Lowick. He tells Dorothea how his mother died in an...
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