Maggie Tulliver and her older brother Tom live a happy, sheltered childhood at Durlcote Mill on the River Floss. Though Maggie and Tom are drastically different'he is pragmatic and rational, while she longs for intellectual gains and worldly experiences'they share a strong bond that is strengthened
The Mill on the Floss
β Scribed by George Eliot
- Publisher
- Classic George Eliot; The Mill on the Floss
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The Definitive Edition of THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
-Illustrated with beautiful vintage illustrations and other historical material from the life of George Eliot
-Complete, unabridged, and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience
-Linked table of contents to reach your chapter quickly
βOne of the 1000 novels everyone must readβ The Guardian
βUpon completion of the The Mill on the Floss, I realized that I had just finished something monumentalβa staggeringly amazing literary achievement.β Christopher H
βThe Mill on the Floss is funny and moving and philosophical. Eliot does so many different things well; she's witty and detached, and then she writes a love scene that makes your knees go wobbly. Middlemarch struck me the same way - it's incredibly romantic, and then it does things with that romance, crazy thematic plot things, that sometimes make you feel like the author has punched you in the stomach.β Becky
βDriven by passion, intelligence and imagination, Maggie Tulliver is a rare free spirit in the convention-bound world of Victorian rural society.β BBC
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS is one of the most profound and engaging love stories of all time. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is George Eliotβs masterpiece which will stay with you forever.
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