{"product_id":"2026100012235-secondhand-the-mill-on-the-floss","title":"The Mill On The Floss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew novels capture the ache of childhood longing and the suffocating grip of provincial society quite like The Mill on the Floss. Set along the pastoral banks of the River Floss in rural England, George Eliot's 1860 masterwork chronicles the passionate, turbulent life of Maggie Tulliver — a fiercely intelligent and emotionally volatile young woman trapped between her own desires and the rigid expectations of her family and community. From her tender bond with her brother Tom to her doomed entanglements with Stephen Guest and Philip Wakem, Maggie's story unfolds as a profound meditation on sacrifice, belonging, and the impossible cost of being extraordinary in an ordinary world.\n\nEliot — the pen name of Mary Ann Evans — writes with a psychological acuity that was virtually unmatched in Victorian literature, dissecting the inner lives of her characters with the precision of a philosopher and the warmth of a poet. This edition, introduced by Malcolm Elwin, brings fresh scholarly context to a novel widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the English literary canon. Rich with autobiographical resonance and moral complexity, The Mill on the Floss asks its reader a question that lingers long after the final, devastating page: how much of ourselves must we surrender to be loved?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022607384795,"sku":"2026100012235-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/01b0abe4-52b3-483a-bf6f-f64308c4227d.png?v=1793665286","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012235-secondhand-the-mill-on-the-floss","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}