The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
“The river of the past runs deep, but the heart demands to be heard.”
Maggie Tulliver is a woman of deep passion and intellect trapped in a society that values neither, forced to choose between her devotion to her family and the dictates of her own heart. This atmospheric masterpiece explores the devastating weight of the past and the unbreakable, often destructive, ties between siblings.
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