Mill on the Floss An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contemporary Reactions Criticism

Rebellious and affectionate, Maggie Tulliver is always in trouble. Recalling her own experiences as a girl, George Eliot describes Maggie's turbulent childhood with a sympathetic engagement that makes the early chapters of The Mill on the Floss among the most immediately attractive she ever wrote. As Maggie approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. Still more painfully, she finds her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfillment. George Eliot's searching exploration of Maggie's complex dilemma has made this one of the most enduringly popular of her works.Eliot, George is the author of 'Mill on the Floss An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contemporary Reactions Criticism', published 1993 under ISBN 9780393963328 and ISBN 0393963322.