In an essential new online course, Ruth Wisse gives George Eliot’s hero a timely and insightful reading
Sadly, the great George Eliot’s final novel leaves a lot to be desired
Gertrude Himmelfarb argues that the philosemitism of writers like George Eliot can be a cure for anti-Semitism
In the book Legacy, geneticist Harry Ostrer argues that Jewishness is biological, not just cultural
Gertrude Himmelfarb charts Victorian novelist George Eliot’s road to philo-Semitism
What we’re reading—and rereading—this season
When it comes to Daniel Deronda, Henry James got some things right
