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The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
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Description for The Mill on the Floss
Paperback. Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both willful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up together on the banks of the River Floss, Tom's self-righteous stubbornness and Maggie's emotional intensity increasingly brings them into conflict, particularly when Maggie's beauty sparks some ill-fated attachments. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
Discover George Eliot’s powerful tragedy about the struggle between head and heart.
**As Heard on BBC Radio 4**
Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both wilful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up together on the banks of the River Floss, Tom's self-righteous stubbornness and Maggie's emotional intensity increasingly brings them into conflict, particularly when Maggie's beauty sparks some ill-fated attachments. George Eliot's story of a brother and sister bound together by their errors and affections is told with tenderness, energy and a profound understanding of human nature.
WITH AN ... Read more
'George Eliot is the greatest British novelist of any age' Daily Mail
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099519065
SKU
V9780099519065
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About George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans was born near Nuneaton on 22 November 1819. She adopted the pseudonym George Eliot when she began her writing career. In her youth she was heavily influenced by her evangelical teachers but she later broke with orthodox religion. After she moved to Coventry with her father in 1841, she undertook the task of translating D.F. Strauss's controversial ... Read more
Reviews for The Mill on the Floss
It was my first really grown-up book, but it is the book that wrings my heart and I feel I bump into elements of it all my life
Independent
A rich, gripping tragedy...narrative energy and emotional intelligence
Mail on Sunday
If I had an imaginary friend, Maggie was it. I loved her, I laughed with her, ... Read more
Independent
A rich, gripping tragedy...narrative energy and emotional intelligence
Mail on Sunday
If I had an imaginary friend, Maggie was it. I loved her, I laughed with her, ... Read more