The Mill On The Floss
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Set along the banks of the River Floss in rural England, The Mill on the Floss chronicles the turbulent life of Maggie Tulliver, a fiercely intelligent and emotionally passionate young woman trapped between the rigid expectations of provincial Victorian society and the fierce longings of her own restless spirit. Her deep, complicated bond with her brother Tom anchors the novel's central conflict — a searing portrait of loyalty, sacrifice, and the crushing weight of family obligation that slowly erodes Maggie's dreams and autonomy. George Eliot, writing with the psychological acuity and moral seriousness that defined her as one of Victorian literature's most formidable voices, constructs a narrative that argues powerfully against the social and intellectual constraints imposed upon women of her era. Published in 1860, the novel stands as a landmark of realist fiction, weaving together themes of memory, selfhood, class, and the inescapable pull of one's origins with a prose style that is at once intimate and philosophically rigorous. This Heron Books edition, with an introduction by Malcolm Elwin, presents a beautifully considered entry point into a story whose final, devastating pages have haunted readers for over a century — leaving one to wonder whether fate, or society, is ever truly to blame.
Author: George Eliot
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Set along the banks of the River Floss in rural England, The Mill on the Floss chronicles the turbulent life of Maggie Tulliver, a fiercely intelligent and emotionally passionate young woman trapped between the rigid expectations of provincial Victorian society and the fierce longings of her own restless spirit. Her deep, complicated bond with her brother Tom anchors the novel's central conflict — a searing portrait of loyalty, sacrifice, and the crushing weight of family obligation that slowly erodes Maggie's dreams and autonomy. George Eliot, writing with the psychological acuity and moral seriousness that defined her as one of Victorian literature's most formidable voices, constructs a narrative that argues powerfully against the social and intellectual constraints imposed upon women of her era. Published in 1860, the novel stands as a landmark of realist fiction, weaving together themes of memory, selfhood, class, and the inescapable pull of one's origins with a prose style that is at once intimate and philosophically rigorous. This Heron Books edition, with an introduction by Malcolm Elwin, presents a beautifully considered entry point into a story whose final, devastating pages have haunted readers for over a century — leaving one to wonder whether fate, or society, is ever truly to blame.