The Mill on the Floss (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

by George Eliot

Overview

Spanning a period of 10 to 15 years, the story details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings growing up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss. The narrative follows Maggie's relationship with her older brother Tom, and her romantic relationships with Philip Wakem (a hunchbacked, sensitive and intellectual friend) and with Stephen Guest (a vivacious young socialite).

The Mill on the Floss articulates the tension between circumstances and the spiritual energies of individual characters struggling against those circumstances. Critics have asserted that Maggie's need for love and acceptance is her underlying motivation throughout The Mill on the Floss, claiming that the conflicts that arise in the novel invariably stem from her frustrated attempts at gaining this acceptance.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781774766330
Publisher:	Royal Classics
Publication date:	12/20/2022
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862-63), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny, thus avoiding the scandal that would have arisen because of her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.