Home > Books & Magazines > Printed Book >

The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot Reviews


 The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot in Review
amazon
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot 

Newest Review: ... to see how Eliot has portrayed the land they live in and how different it is from modern day times. There is a lot about social et... more

 

Read Reviews for The Mill on the Floss - George El...

blackviolets
Premium Review The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot: Deep in the country. (713 words)
by - written on 15/09/09 (Very useful, 73 readings)
Rating:

This is the first George Eliot book that I've read and the only reason I even bothered to pick it up was because it was in the Classics section of our library. You find all sorts of hidden gems in their and this was no acception. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Anne, who took on the use of a male name like a lot female authors did ...  Read the complete review

Bryn+Pearson
Premium Review The dark heroine (446 words)
by - written on 20/04/01 (Very useful, 1102 readings)
Rating:

I remember once reading a comment written by George Eliot, in which she said that she always hoped for books in which the less pretty, dark haired girl triumphed rather than the elfin blondes. The Mill on The Floss is the tale of the dark girl triumphant - for the man prefers her to her pretty blond cousin. It is also a tale of homour and courage ...  Read the complete review

athena
Premium Review The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot: It's very long... (129 words)
by - written on 02/09/00 (Somewhat useful, 193 readings)
Rating:

As one of my set texts for a degree unit in Victorian Literature, I was meant to read The Mill On The Floss. I like to keep up with my reading and I like to do well with my work. I didn't enjoy the novel at all, although I had enjoyed previous Victorain Literature I had read. It's very much about the oppression of Maggie as a ...  Read the complete review

hayley
Premium Review The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (181 words)
by - written on 12/07/00 (Very useful, 520 readings)
Rating:

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 ...  Read the complete review

Have you had a different experience? Write your own review and tell others about what you think - it's quick, easy and you don't even need to be a dooyoo member. Or, register as a dooyoo member and earn dooyooMiles for your review. Help other consumers make informed, confident purchasing decisions, and tell us what you think! Reviews about The Mill on the Floss - Geor...

Result 1 - 4 of 4 reviews about The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
 
Top