The Mill on the Floss |
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Author:
| Eliot, George |
Introduction by:
| Lewycka, Marina |
Series title: | Vintage Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-09-951906-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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Discover George Eliot's powerful tragedy about the struggle between head and heart. **As Heard on BBC Radio 4** Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both wilful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up together on the banks of the River Floss, Tom's self-righteous stubbornness and Maggie's emotional intensity increasingly brings them into conflict, particularly when Maggie's beauty...
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Discover George Eliot's powerful tragedy about the struggle between head and heart.
**As Heard on BBC Radio 4**
Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both wilful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up together on the banks of the River Floss, Tom's self-righteous stubbornness and Maggie's emotional intensity increasingly brings them into conflict, particularly when Maggie's beauty sparks some ill-fated attachments. George Eliot's story of a brother and sister bound together by their errors and affections is told with tenderness, energy and a profound understanding of human nature.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARINA LEWYCKA
'George Eliot is the greatest British novelist of any age' Daily Mail