George Eliot is among the foremost writers of her time. In spite of her gender, her looks, and her eccentric beliefs, she earned a prominent place within the Victorian literary canon. Middlemarch falls near the end of her life and career, and it clinched her financial and popular success. In researching Middlemarch, we uncovered an almost unfathomable amount of information. Middlemarch's scope as a novel is unquestionably vast; so too is the writing on it. Therefore, this project is intended only as an introduction into the world of Middlemarch commentary and criticism. Genevieve Davis and Diana Block look into the novel's immediate critical reception. Abby Hertzmark describes the development of the 8-part novel and the history of its publication. Jennifer Kremer gives us insights into the mind and life of the soft-spoken genius, Mary Anne Evans. Each contributed an annotated bibliography for their own subject, and Bryan Wagner and Dot Gribbin examined and annotated more current critical works. Davis designed the web page and assisted Wagner and Gribbin in putting the completed project online. Please feel free to email any one of us with questions regarding individual pages.