George Eliot

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The Mill on the Floss

Beschreibung

Everyone knew that little Maggie Tulliver's world revolved around her elder brother, Tom. He could do no wrong and no one else's-not even her beloved father's-opinion mattered. And though Tomcould not completely understand his free-spirited sister, he a do red her. But time changes everything for the Gulliver. Deep in debt, the Gulliver lose their flour Mill on the river Flossto the cruel Mr Wakem. Their financial downfall compels Tom Maggie to grow up before time and the once-close siblings driftapart as adulthood brings with it the trappings of propriety, societal and morality. Both Tom and Maggie are forced to take decisions that lead to a series of events that irrevocably alter not just their lives, but also the fates of those around them. George Eliot's the Mill on the Floss brings out the complexities of family relationships and individual choices in the face of adversity, while addressing a mix of various themes that were pertinent to 19th-century England.

Autor

Born Mary Ann Evans on November 22, 1819, in Nuneaton, England, George Eliot was a pioneering novelist, poet, and journalist. Despite little formal schooling, she had access to the Arbury Hall library through her father's work, fueling her intellectual growth. This early exposure to literature and philosophy shaped her future writing.In 1851, Evans moved to London and became assistant editor of the Westminster Review, a major intellectual journal. She formed a partnership with critic George Henry Lewes, living with him despite social conventions. To ensure her fiction was taken seriously, she adopted the pen name George Eliot.Her novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), and Middlemarch (1871-72), are praised for their realism and psychological depth. She explored rural life, human relationships, and moral struggles with great insight. Eliot died on December 22, 1880, leaving a lasting mark on Victorian literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Classy Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 715g
• ISBN-13: 9789355221070
• ISBN-10: 935522107X
• Artikelnr.: 63261265