The Mill on the Floss - Eliot, George
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Everyone knew that little Maggie Tulliver's world revolved around her elder brother, Tom. He could do no wrong and no one else's-not even her beloved father's-opinion mattered. And though Tomcould not completely understand his free-spirited sister, he a do red her. But time changes everything for the Gulliver. Deep in debt, the Gulliver lose their flour Mill on the river Flossto the cruel Mr Wakem. Their financial downfall compels Tom Maggie to grow up before time and the once-close siblings driftapart as adulthood brings with it the trappings of propriety, societal and morality. Both Tom and…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Everyone knew that little Maggie Tulliver's world revolved around her elder brother, Tom. He could do no wrong and no one else's-not even her beloved father's-opinion mattered. And though Tomcould not completely understand his free-spirited sister, he a do red her. But time changes everything for the Gulliver. Deep in debt, the Gulliver lose their flour Mill on the river Flossto the cruel Mr Wakem. Their financial downfall compels Tom Maggie to grow up before time and the once-close siblings driftapart as adulthood brings with it the trappings of propriety, societal and morality. Both Tom and Maggie are forced to take decisions that lead to a series of events that irrevocably alter not just their lives, but also the fates of those around them. George Eliot's the Mill on the Floss brings out the complexities of family relationships and individual choices in the face of adversity, while addressing a mix of various themes that were pertinent to 19th-century England.
Autorenporträt
One of the leading English novelist of the Victorian era, George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. She was born on 22 November 1819, in rural Warwickshire. Her father Robert Evans was a estate manager and mother's name was Christiana Evans. She was influenced by her family's Methodist religious faith. She got an opportunity to read books in estate library and acquired good knowledge. For early education she studied at a local school and after that in a boarding. After her mother's death she left the school to help her father. While living in Coventry Eliot came in contact with Charles and Caroline Bray, their influence revolutionized her thinking and she became a rationalist. Her love partner George Henry Lewes encouraged her for fiction writing. Under the pen name of George Eliot her first novel Adam Bede was published in 1859. Her most notable literary works are- Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, Silas Marne, Daniel Deronda etc. She was died in 1880. She has been appreciated for realistic view of life, psychological insight, ethical exploration and accomplished story theme.