Mill on the Floss

By George Eliot

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Set against the backdrop of the river Floss in the early 1820s, Mill on the Floss paints a vivid portrait of the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister navigating the challenges of family, love, and societal expectations. Over the span of 10-15 years, we follow their journey from childhood to the tragic end of their lives in a flood. This semi-autobiographical novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) explores Maggies tumultuous relationships with her brother Tom, her sensitive friend Philip Wakem, and the charming Stephen Guest, who is engaged to her cousin Lucy Deane. Through Maggies story, Eliot delves into themes of desire, identity, and the struggle against societal norms, offering a poignant reflection of her own experiences in a scandalous relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.

Episode Date
058 - Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 05 - The Last Conflict
Mar 19, 2026
057 - Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 04 - Maggie and Lucy
Mar 18, 2026
056 - Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 03 - Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable of Surprising U
Mar 17, 2026
055 - Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 02 - St Ogg's Passes Judgment
Mar 16, 2026
054 - Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 01 - The Return to the Mill
Mar 15, 2026
053 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 14 Waking
Mar 14, 2026
052 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 13 - Borne Along by the Tide
Mar 13, 2026
051 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 12 - A Family Party
Mar 12, 2026
050 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 11 - In the Lane
Mar 11, 2026
049 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 10 - The Spell Seems Broken
Mar 10, 2026
048 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 09 - Charity in Full-Dress
Mar 09, 2026
047 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 08 - Wakem in a New Light
Mar 08, 2026
046 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 07 - Philip Re-enters
Mar 07, 2026
045 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 06 - Illustrating the Laws of Attraction
Mar 06, 2026
044 - Book 06 The Great Temptation Chapter 05 - Showing That Tom Had Opened the Oyster
Mar 05, 2026
043 - Book 06 The Great Temptation - Chapter 04 - Brother and Sister
Mar 04, 2026
042 - Book 06 The Great Temptation - Chapter 03 - Confidential Moments
Mar 03, 2026
041 - Book 06 - The Great Temptation Chapter 02 - First Impressions
Mar 02, 2026
040 - Book 06 - The Great Temptation Chapter 01 - A Duet in Paradise
Mar 01, 2026
039 - Book 05 - Wheat and Tares - Chapter 07 - A Day of Reckoning
Feb 28, 2026
038 - Book 05 - Wheat and Tares - Chapter 06 - The Hard-Won Triumph
Feb 27, 2026
037 - Book 05 - Wheat and Tares - Chapter 05 - The Cloven Tree
Feb 26, 2026
036 - Book 05 Wheat and Tares - Chapter 04 - Another Love-Scene
Feb 25, 2026
035 - Book 05 Wheat and Tares - Chapter 03 - The Wavering Balance
Feb 24, 2026
034 - Book 05 Wheat and Tares - Chapter 02 - Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob's Thumb
Feb 23, 2026
033 - Book 05 Wheat and Tares - Chapter 01 - In the Red Deeps
Feb 22, 2026
032 - Book 04 - The Valley of Humiliation - Chapter 03 - A Voice from the Past
Feb 21, 2026
031 - Book 04 The Valley of Humiliation - Chapter 02 - The Torn Nest Is Pierced by the Thorns
Feb 21, 2026
030 - Book 04 The Valley of Humiliation - Chapter 01 - A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet
Feb 21, 2026
029 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 09 - An Item Added to the Family Register
Feb 21, 2026
028 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 08 - Daylight on the Wreck
Feb 21, 2026
027 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 07 - How a Hen Takes to Stratagem
Feb 21, 2026
026 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 06 - Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice against the Present of
Feb 21, 2026
025 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 05 - Tom Applies His Knife to the Oyster
Feb 21, 2026
024 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 04 - A Vanishing Gleam
Feb 21, 2026
023 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 03 - The Family Council
Feb 21, 2026
022 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 02 - Mrs Tulliver's Teraphim or Household Gods
Feb 21, 2026
021 - Book 03 - The Downfall - Chapter 01 - What Had Happened at Home
Feb 21, 2026
020 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 07 - The Golden Gates Are Passed
Feb 21, 2026
019 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 06 - A Love-Scene
Feb 21, 2026
018 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 05 - Maggie's Second Visit
Feb 21, 2026
017 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 04 - The Young Idea
Feb 21, 2026
016 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 03 - The New Schoolfellow
Feb 21, 2026
015 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 02 - The Christmas Holidays
Feb 21, 2026
014 - Book 02 School-Time - Chapter 01 - Tom's First Half
Feb 21, 2026
013 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 13 - Mr Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life
Feb 21, 2026
012 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 12 - Mr and Mrs Glegg at Home
Feb 21, 2026
011 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 11 - Maggie Tries to Run away from Her Shadow
Feb 21, 2026
010 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 10 - Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected
Feb 21, 2026
009 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 09 - To Garum Firs
Feb 21, 2026
008 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 08 - Mr Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side
Feb 21, 2026
007 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 07 - Enter the Aunts and Uncles
Feb 21, 2026
006 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 06 - The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming
Feb 21, 2026
005 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 05 - Tom Comes Home
Feb 21, 2026
004 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 04 - Tom Is Expected
Feb 21, 2026
003 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 03 - Mr Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom
Feb 21, 2026
002 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 02 - Mr Tulliver of Dorlcote Mill Declares His Resolution about Tom
Feb 21, 2026
001 - Book 01 - Boy and Girl - Chapter 01 - Outside Dorlcote Mill
Feb 21, 2026