Fiction Tragedy The nature of relationships Conflict between passion and duty Class and society The search for identity The suffering and strength of women
The Mill on the Floss is a novel written by George Eliot and originally published in 1860.
It tells the story of siblings Maggie and Tom Tulliver. They live a quiet and happy life with their family in the old mill that guards the waters of the river Floss.
Maggie is bright and affectionate, while Tom is a little more surly, thoughtful and stubborn.
However, those happy childhood days come to an end when a series of bad decisions bring misfortune to their family and the siblings are forced to separate...
Discover this story by George Eliot that speaks of the social conventions of Victorian England, of the equal judgement made on women and above all of the happy memories of childhood.
"A wide plain, where the broadening Floss hurries on between its green banks to the sea, and the loving tide, rushing to meet it, checks its passage with an impetuous embrace."
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Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victor...
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