The Mill on the Floss Contributor(s): Eliot, George (Author), Byatt, A. S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141439629 ISBN-13: 9780141439624 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: New chronology and updated further reading. Edited with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2003286413 |
Lexile Measure: 1240 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.95 lbs) 704 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 66790 Reading Level: 9.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 41.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Drawing on George Eliot's own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love, sibling rivalry and regret, The Mill on the Floss is edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. Byatt, author of Possession, in Penguin Classics. Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud and stubborn brother; hunchbacked Tom Wakem, the son of her family's worst enemy; and the charismatic but dangerous Stephen Guest. With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships, The Mill on the Floss is considered George Eliot's most autobiographical novel; it is also one of her most powerful and moving. In this edition, writer and critic A.S. Byatt, author of Possession, provides full explanatory notes and an introduction relating The Mill on the Floss to George Eliot's own life and times. Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator, and later editor, of the Westminster Review. In 1857, she published Scenes of Clerical Life, the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of 'George Eliot', including The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. If you enjoyed The Mill on the Floss, you might like Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, also available in Penguin Classics. |