Jan 3, 2010

Middlemarch | Critical Overview

Middlemarch appeared in eight books or volumes between December 1871 and December 1872. In 2000, W. W. Norton published a second edition of its Norton Critical Edition of the novel.

In her journal for January 1, 1873, Eliot reported on the initial response to Middlemarch: "No former book of mine has been received with more enthusiasm." Indeed, the Saturday Review, for December 7, 1872, stated: "as a didactic novel it...