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Book Title: George Eliot - The Mill On The Floss

Author: George Eliot

Added: March 11, 2008

Synopsis:

On the banks of the river Floss live brother and sister Tom and Maggie Tulliver. Their story spans a decade or so after the Napleonic Wars and mostly centres around Maggie and her affairs of heart, as well as her close bond with her brother, although the siblings are very different in nature. We see them through many trials and tribulations including the death of their father and the loss of the mill..

Maggies romantice attachments form to two men during the duration of the novel. A Romeo and Juliet type affair with Phillip Wakem who's father is in feud in Maggie's own father. Later she also finds herself very much attracted to Stephen Guest for whom the attraction is mutual. Unfortunately Guest is the fiance of her cousin, can they find the strength to deny each other and stay faithful to their previous attachments? Or will their feelings for each other lead them down a scandalous path?

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