Small Paperback, Good Condition, 1965, 540 pages, Pre-ISBN

The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot

Introduction by Robert T. Robertson

“As a detailed rendering of the growth of a girl to young womanhood, a girl marked by intellectual distinction, a generously ardent nature, and a strong capacity for feeling, Maggie has never been surpassed.”

So writes Walter Allen of Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss. Despite its rich cast of memorable characters, the book belongs to Maggie: her tragic theme is that of a fine and imaginative woman whose qualities are wasted on the conventions of provincial life. And yet it is a novel alive with humour and delight – especially in the splendid scenes of childhood in the English countryside. As we read them, says Virginia Woolf, “we feel the delicious warmth and release of spirit which the great creative writers alone can procure for us…. The beauty of…. The Mill on the Floss,” she concludes, “is very great.”