![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maggie is ostracized by her beloved brother and her own community, and only through tragic events are the siblings reunited. Increasingly self-righteous, Tom disapproves of his sister’s suitors and when he discovers that she took a fateful boat trip with Stephen Guest, her cousin’s fiancé, he turns his back on her. But the approach of adulthood creates tension: intelligent and fiery Maggie tests the boundaries of nineteenth-century society in her search for love, while Tom embraces convention and accepts his father’s desire for him to become a businessman. Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom enjoy a rural childhood on the banks of the river Floss. This edition of The Mill on the Floss features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Before this novel, Eliot had published a book of short stories, the excitingly titled Scenes From a Clerical Life, and the novel Adam Bede. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. The Mill on the Floss is George Eliots the third major work of fiction and her second novel published in 1860. ![]() With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. ![]()
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