The Mill on the Floss
Author: George Eliot
‘If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?’ Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents at Dorlcote Mill, but her passionate, wayward nature and fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her conventional family. As she reaches adulthood and discovers love, the clash between their expectations….Read More
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