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Ten of the best bankers in literature
At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best bankers in literature.One entry on the list:Bulstrode NicholasBulstrode is the Mr Big of George Eliot's Middlemarch, a wealthy provincial banker on whose good will every local gentleman seems to depend. He wields his influence moralistically, for he is a severe Methodist – but of course he has a shady past. He is being blackmailed by a former