The Mill on the Floss (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Romance NovelBy George Eliot
Length24h 22m
About this audiobook
George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss is a profound study of family, memory, gender, and moral conflict in provincial England. Centered on Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom, the novel traces the pressures of kinship, education, debt, and desire within the changing world of the nineteenth-century Midlands. Eliot's style combines psychological realism, ethical reflection, and richly observed social detail, placing the book among the major achievements of Victorian fiction and beside her wider explorations of sympathy and constraint. George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, brought to the novel an unusually rigorous intellect shaped by philosophy, theology, translation, and journalism. Her own upbringing in rural Warwickshire, her fraught relation to conventional femininity, and her deep awareness of social judgment clearly inform Maggie's inward struggles. Eliot's intimate knowledge of provincial life gives the novel both emotional authenticity and historical breadth. This is an essential work for readers interested in character-driven fiction, Victorian society, or the moral complexities of ordinary lives. It rewards close attention with its tenderness, irony, and tragic power, offering a heroine whose conflicts remain strikingly modern.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (60.1K)
Includes Goodreads
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length24 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 26, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of George Eliot (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Author Biography
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6Book I: Boy and Girl
7Chapter I: Outside Dorlcote Mill
8Chapter II: Mr. Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution about Tom
9Chapter III: Mr. Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom
10Chapter IV: Tom Is Expected
11Chapter V: Tom Comes Home
12Chapter VI: The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming
13Chapter VII: Enter the Aunts and Uncles
14Chapter VIII: Mr. Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side
15Chapter IX: To Garum Firs
16Chapter X: Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected
17Chapter XI: Maggie Tries to Run away from Her Shadow
18Chapter XII: Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home
19Chapter XIII: Mr. Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life
20Book II: School-Time
21Chapter I: Tom’s “First Half”
22Chapter II: The Christmas Holidays
23Chapter III: The New Schoolfellow
24Chapter IV: “The Young Idea”
25Chapter V: Maggie’s Second Visit
26Chapter VI: A Love-Scene
27Chapter VII: The Golden Gates Are Passed
28Book III: The Downfall
29Chapter I: What Had Happened at Home
30Chapter II: Mrs. Tulliver’s Teraphim, or Household Gods
31Chapter III: The Family Council
32Chapter IV: A Vanishing Gleam
33Chapter V: Tom Applies His Knife to the Oyster
34Chapter VI: Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice against the Present of a Pocket-Knife
35Chapter VII: How a Hen Takes to Stratagem
36Chapter VIII: Daylight on the Wreck
37Chapter IX: An Item Added to the Family Register
38Book IV: The Valley of Humiliation
39Chapter I: A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet
40Chapter II: The Torn Nest Is Pierced by the Thorns
41Chapter III: A Voice from the Past
42Book V: Wheat and Tares
43Chapter I: In the Red Deeps
44Chapter II: Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob’s Thumb
45Chapter III: The Wavering Balance
46Chapter IV: Another Love-Scene
47Chapter V: The Cloven Tree
48Chapter VI: The Hard-Won Triumph
49Chapter VII: A Day of Reckoning
50Book VI: The Great Temptation
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