The Mill on the Floss

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novel

The Mill on the Floss is a 1860 novel by George Eliot that follows the tragic lives of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom in a provincial English town, exploring themes of family conflict, social constraints, and personal sacrifice.

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Label	Occurrences
The Mill on the Floss canonical	24
The Mill on the Floss (1860)	3
"The Mill on the Floss"	1
The Mill on the Floss (1936 film)	1
The Mill on the Floss (novel)	1
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot	1

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adaptation	The Mill on the Floss self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Mill on the Floss (1936 film) The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) ⓘ The Mill on the Floss (1997 TV film) ⓘ
author	George Eliot ⓘ
climaxEvent	flood on the River Floss ⓘ
conflict	Maggie Tulliver's inner conflict between passion and duty ⓘ Tulliver family versus Wakem family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
endingType	tragic ending ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat	three volumes ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
followedBy	Silas Marner ⓘ
genre	Victorian novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy	W. J. Allen ⓘ
hasISBN	978-0-19-953676-4 ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lucy Deane ⓘ Maggie Tulliver ⓘ Mr. Tulliver ⓘ Mr. Tulliver ⓘ surface form: Mrs. Tulliver Philip Wakem ⓘ Stephen Guest ⓘ Tom Tulliver ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
precededBy	Adam Bede ⓘ
protagonistRelationship	Maggie Tulliver has a close relationship with Philip Wakem ⓘ Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister ⓘ Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest ⓘ
publicationYear	1860 ⓘ
publisher	William Blackwood and Sons ⓘ
setInPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
settingLocation	Dorlcote Mill ⓘ St. Ogg's ⓘ the River Floss ⓘ
theme	class and respectability ⓘ duty versus desire ⓘ education ⓘ family conflict ⓘ gender roles ⓘ personal sacrifice ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ sibling relationships ⓘ social constraints ⓘ

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