'Middlemarch' discussion group starting in Westlake

Case Western Reserve University's Off-Campus Studies program will offer a group discussion of the novel "Middlemarch" on Thursdays, Jan. 15 to March 5, 10-11:30 a.m., at Westlake United Methodist Church, 27650 Center Ridge Road.

Nine characters in George Eliot's masterpiece traverse from being single to being married – one does it twice – and a tenth begins the journey but never completes it. In exquisite detail, the author paints a canvas showing how each character seeks answers to major intellectual and emotional questions.

However, as we will see, many times the questions a