The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
"The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot is a novel published in 1860. It follows siblings Tom and Maggie Tulliver as they grow up at their family's mill in rural England. Their close but troubled bond is tested by family bankruptcy, forbidden friendships, and conflicting desires. Maggie struggles between her passionate nature and social duty, caught between her intellectual connection with Philip Wakem and her attraction to Stephen Guest. The novel
explores the tension between personal yearning and family loyalty in provincial Victorian society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Eliot, George, 1819-1880 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Mill on the Floss |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mill_on_the_Floss |
| Credits | Curtis Weyant and David Maddock |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Siblings -- Fiction |
| Subject | Conflict of generations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Vendetta -- Fiction |
| Subject | Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Water mills -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 6688 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 15, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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