the River Floss

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fictional location fictional river

The River Floss is the fictional waterway in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," around which the story’s rural English community and central events revolve.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
River Floss	3
The Floss (river)	1
TheMillOnTheFlossRiver	1
the River Floss canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional location ⓘ fictional river ⓘ
appearsInWork	The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	Victorian novel ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	childhood and memory ⓘ conflict between individual desire and social constraint ⓘ power of nature over human plans ⓘ tragedy and loss ⓘ
centralEventLocation	death of Maggie Tulliver ⓘ death of Tom Tulliver ⓘ flood that occurs near the end of the novel ⓘ
connectedToCharacter	Maggie Tulliver ⓘ Tom Tulliver ⓘ Tulliver family versus Wakem family ⓘ surface form: Tulliver family
connectedToPlaceInFiction	Dorlcote Mill ⓘ
countryInFiction	England ⓘ
createdBy	George Eliot ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1860 ⓘ
flowsThroughInFiction	St. Ogg's ⓘ surface form: St. Ogg’s
hasFeatureInStory	site of trade and transport ⓘ waterway used for milling ⓘ
hasImageryType	pastoral ⓘ sublime and destructive in the flood scenes ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspectiveRelation	often described from Maggie’s point of view ⓘ
hasTypeInNarrative	rural river ⓘ
importanceInPlot	site of climactic resolution ⓘ structuring element of the community’s life ⓘ
inspiredBy	English rural river landscapes ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryPeriodContext	19th-century English literature ⓘ
mediumForActivityInStory	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ transport of goods ⓘ
mediumOfConflict	contributes to financial difficulties of the Tulliver family ⓘ source of disputes over water rights ⓘ
narrativeFunction	central setting of the novel ⓘ influences characters’ lives and fates ⓘ
relatedWork	The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
roleInEconomyInFiction	supports local milling industry ⓘ supports river-based commerce ⓘ
settingFor	The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
symbolismInWork	represents emotional turbulence ⓘ represents fate and inevitability ⓘ represents the flow of time ⓘ represents the force of nature ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Mill on the Floss → settingLocation → the River Floss ⓘ

Mr. Tulliver → residesNear → the River Floss ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Floss

St. Ogg's → locatedOn → the River Floss ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Floss

Dorlcote Mill → locatedOn → the River Floss ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Floss

Maggie Tulliver has a close relationship with Philip Wakem → associatedWithLocation → the River Floss ⓘ

this entity surface form: TheMillOnTheFlossRiver

Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest → associatedWith → the River Floss ⓘ

subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver

this entity surface form: The Floss (river)