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The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot

Date: 12/07/00 (490 review reads)
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Advantages: Really enjoyable story

Disadvantages: Long

The Mill on the Floss is a great read by George Eliot. Written in the nineteenth century, it nevertheless has many useful parallels to twenty-first century life.

Basically it is a novel about a girl called Maggie, who, impulsive even as a child, elopes with her cousin's fiance. The story is based very much around Maggie's thoughts and feelings and she is a heroine who you really begin to care for, unlike her narrow-minded brother Tom.

The Mill on the Floss is a well-written and paced story which moves the reader through a variety of emotions, ranging from amusement, which then culminates in the poignanncy of the tragic ending.

George Eliot utilises the imagery of the river to great effect throughout the novel and we see Maggie reflected in its turbulent and often dangereous currents.

Overall, this is a book that is well worth reading, although long, it is so well paced that you don't really notice the length and it does main tain the reader's interest throughout.

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