The Mill On The Floss

by George Eliot (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

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  Published in 1860,THE MILL ON THE FLOSS is one of the most popular of George Eliot's works.Its story revolves around the lives of Tom and Maggie,the children of the honest but ignorant miller,Mr Tulliver.Tom is a prosaic youth,whereas Maggie is highly strung,intelligent and rebellious,and her sense of frustration is ultimately the root of tragedy.Thwarted and mismatched love affairs trouble the lives of the protagonists;a compromising situation and her own obstinancy cause Maggie to become socially ostracized.However,Maggie's strength of character leads to an important reconciliation in the dramatic but controversial denouement.

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  Paperback
  1993

  $14.58

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  Hardcover
  1951

  $4.20

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  Paperback
  1993

  $7.05

  Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York. This novel, based on George Eliot's own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it, and the result, on more than one level, is tragedy.