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The Mill on the FlossGeorge Eliot

The Mill on the Floss

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Original author: George Eliot

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"The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot is a novel published in 1860. It follows siblings Tom and Maggie Tulliver as they grow up at their family's mill in rural England. Their close but troubled bond is tested by family bankruptcy, forbidden friendships, and conflicting desires. Maggie struggles between her passionate nature and social duty, caught between her intellectual connection with Philip Wakem and her attraction to Stephen Guest. The novel explores the tension between personal yearning and family loyalty in provincial Victorian society.

The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #6688.

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58 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Outside Dorlcote Mill876 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Mr Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution about Tom2,413 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Mr Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom5,199 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Tom Is Expected2,006 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Tom Comes Home3,768 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming4,430 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: Enter the Aunts and Uncles9,070 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Mr Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side3,962 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: To Garum Firs5,422 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected2,352 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Maggie Tries to Run away from Her Shadow4,620 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Mr and Mrs Glegg at Home5,175 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Mr Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life1,218 words
  14. 14.Chapter I: Tom’s “First Half”7,949 words
  15. 15.Chapter II: The Christmas Holidays3,037 words
  16. 16.Chapter III: The New Schoolfellow2,246 words
  17. 17.Chapter IV: “The Young Idea”4,129 words
  18. 18.Chapter V: Maggie’s Second Visit1,809 words
  19. 19.Chapter VI: A Love-Scene1,801 words
  20. 20.Chapter VII: The Golden Gates Are Passed2,559 words
  21. 21.Chapter I: What Had Happened at Home2,599 words
  22. 22.Chapter II: Mrs Tulliver’s Teraphim, or Household Gods1,882 words
  23. 23.Chapter III: The Family Council6,158 words
  24. 24.Chapter IV: A Vanishing Gleam1,400 words
  25. 25.Chapter V: Tom Applies His Knife to the Oyster4,719 words
  26. 26.Chapter VI2,890 words
  27. 27.Chapter VII: How a Hen Takes to Stratagem4,808 words
  28. 28.Chapter VIII: Daylight on the Wreck3,060 words
  29. 29.Chapter IX: An Item Added to the Family Register2,265 words
  1. 30.Chapter I: A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet1,907 words
  2. 31.Chapter II: The Torn Nest Is Pierced by the Thorns2,184 words
  3. 32.Chapter III: A Voice from the Past5,854 words
  4. 33.Chapter I: In the Red Deeps4,997 words
  5. 34.Chapter II: Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob’s Thumb6,882 words
  6. 35.Chapter III: The Wavering Balance2,653 words
  7. 36.Chapter IV: Another Love-Scene2,232 words
  8. 37.Chapter V: The Cloven Tree4,540 words
  9. 38.Chapter VI: The Hard-Won Triumph1,740 words
  10. 39.Chapter VII: A Day of Reckoning2,395 words
  11. 40.Chapter I: A Duet in Paradise3,207 words
  12. 41.Chapter II: First Impressions5,065 words
  13. 42.Chapter III: Confidential Moments1,585 words
  14. 43.Chapter IV: Brother and Sister2,878 words
  15. 44.Chapter V: Showing That Tom Had Opened the Oyster1,718 words
  16. 45.Chapter VI: Illustrating the Laws of Attraction4,027 words
  17. 46.Chapter VII: Philip Re-enters5,264 words
  18. 47.Chapter VIII: Wakem in a New Light2,719 words
  19. 48.Chapter IX: Charity in Full-Dress3,713 words
  20. 49.Chapter X: The Spell Seems Broken2,359 words
  21. 50.Chapter XI: In the Lane2,429 words
  22. 51.Chapter XII: A Family Party2,580 words
  23. 52.Chapter XIII: Borne Along by the Tide5,319 words
  24. 53.Chapter XIV: Waking4,263 words
  25. 54.Chapter I: The Return to the Mill2,752 words
  26. 55.Chapter II: St Ogg’s Passes Judgment3,554 words
  27. 56.Chapter III: Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable of Surprising Us2,640 words
  28. 57.Chapter IV: Maggie and Lucy2,600 words
  29. 58.Chapter V: The Last Conflict4,712 words