The mill on the floss, hardcover/george eliot

Description With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliots most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings.

Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers.

These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

This edition of The Mill on the Floss features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes.

Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom enjoy a rural childhood on the banks of the river Floss.

But the approach of adulthood created tension: intelligent and fiery Maggie tests the boundaries of nineteenth-century society in her search for love, while Tom embraces convention and accepts his fathers desire for him to become a businessman.

Increasingly self-righteous, Tom disapproves of his sisters suitors and when he discovers that she took a fateful boat trip with Stephen Guest, her cousins fianc , he turns his back on her.

Maggie is ostracized by her beloved brother and her own community, and only through tragic events are the siblings reunited .