The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), which was first published in 1860. The book chronicles the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, who are siblings growing up at Dorlcote Mill situated at the junction of the River Floss and the River Ripple. Maggie is the main character, and the story begins when she is nine years old, 13 years into her parents' marriage. The most important threads concern her relationship with her brother and her romantic relationships with Philip Wakem and Stephen Guest. The Mill on the Floss speaks of the tension between circumstances and the energies of individual characters that struggle against them. The novel has been adapted for film, stage, and radio.Public Domain (P)2021 Museum Audiobooks