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5 de mai. de 2013 · The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the fictional river Floss near the fictional village of St. Oggs, evidently in the 1820's, after the Napoleonic Wars but prior to the first Reform Bill (1832). The novel spans a period of 10-15 years, from Tom and Maggie's childhood up until their deaths ...
25 de mai. de 2023 · May 25, 2023 by Ali jamu. “The Mill on the Floss” by George Eliot is a captivating novel that delves into a multitude of themes, offering readers a profound exploration of human experiences and societal complexities. Set in the fictional town of St. Ogg’s, the story revolves around the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings navigating ...
George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss Background. George Eliot was the male pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (she would later call herself Marian), born on November 22, 1819 at Arbury Farm in Warwickshire. Her father, Robert Evans, was an overseer at the Arbury Hall estate, and Eliot kept house for him after her mother died in 1836.
Although The Mill on the Floss covers about fifteen years in the lives of its protagonists, siblings Tom and Maggie Tulliver, the story constantly hearkens back to their childhood. In the novel, seemingly trivial incidences in those early years later take on new significance. Maggie’s conflict with Tom and her desire for his love and ...
The Mill on the Floss is Eliot’s most autobiographical novel. Although the plot points do not explicitly mirror events from Eliot’s life, the character of Maggie Tulliver is the closest approximation of Eliot to appear in her fiction, and she faces many of the same struggles that Eliot did. The Tullivers are not meant to represent Eliot’s ...
The Mill on the Floss: With Judy Cornwell, Barbara Hicks, Pippa Guard, Christopher Blake. The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.
The Mill on the Floss. Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York. This novel, based on George Eliot's own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep ...
