The Mill on the Floss - Softcover

Eliot, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140620273 ISBN 13: 9780140620276

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1994

Synopsis

In this story the author recreates her own childhood through the story of the gifted Maggie Tulliver and her spoilt, selfish brother. Though tragic in its outcome, this comic novel combines vivid images of family life with a portrait of the heroine.

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From the Back Cover:

Rebellious and affectionate, Maggie Tulliver is always in trouble. Recalling her own experiences as a girl, George Eliot describes Maggie's turbulent childhood with a sympathetic engagement that makes the early chapters of The Mill on the Floss among the most immediately attractive she ever wrote. As Maggie approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. Still more painfully, she finds her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfillment. George Eliot's searching exploration of Maggie's complex dilemma has made this one of the most enduringly popular of her works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140620273
• ISBN 13: 9780140620276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544