Middlemarch Chapter 22

In which Dorothea and her husband explore the artistic and intellectual life of Rome, encountering the passionate painter Will Ladislaw and the spirited artist Adolf Naumann, whose studio visits reveal new perspectives on art and character. There are tender and searching conversations that reveal Dorothea’s generous-hearted aspirations and Will’s restless ambitions, set against the quiet tensions of loyalty and difference within the small circle they inhabit.