The mill on the floss / George Eliot ; introduction and notes by R. T. Jones
By: Eliot, George [autor].
Contributor(s): Jones, R. T [Escritor de introducción].
Series: Wordsworth Classics.London : Wordsworth edition, 1995Edition: First edition.Description: 471 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9781853260741.Subject(s): English novel | Novela inglesaDDC classification: 823 / Summary: The mill on the floss, based on George Eliot´s own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Mggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois, because standards with her own lively intelligence. Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it, and the result, on more than one level, is tragedy.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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The mill on the floss, based on George Eliot´s own experiences of provincial life, is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age.
As the headstrong Mggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois, because standards with her own lively intelligence.
Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it, and the result, on more than one level, is tragedy.
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