6/3/2023 0 Comments The mill and the floss![]() The Mill on the Floss was first published in 1860. But Maggie’s biggest mistake of all is to fall in love with Stephen Guest who is engaged to another woman.īoth a sharp and observant picture of English rural life and a profoundly convincing analysis of a woman’s psychology, The Mill on the Floss is a novel that tackles the complexities of morality versus desire. As the Tulliver fortunes decline and fall, the rift between Maggie and her family becomes almost irreconcilable. ![]() Maggie’s often tormented battle to do her duty and belong on the one hand, and to be herself, wild and natural, on the other, propels her from one crisis to another. George Eliot drew on her own anguished childhood when she depicted the stormy relationship between Maggie and Tom Tulliver. But then I realised that there is a free e-book, so I read it on my Kindle as I could increase the font size.ĭescription (from my paperback copy of the Penguin Popular Classics 1994 edition, shown above): ![]() I think one of the reasons I hadn’t read it is the size of the font – it’s small. I was pleased when the Classics Club Spin number came up as 8, because for me that was The Mill on the Floss, a book I’ve had for years, so it was time I read it. ![]()
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