MisunderstoodMaggieTulliveristorn.Herrebelliousandpassionatenaturedemandsexpression,andherprovincialkinandcommunityexpedtself-denial.Maggieisstory,someofwhoseincidentsandmaincharacterscomedirectlyfromtheauthorisownlife,explorestheconflictsofloveandloyaltyandthefrictionbetweendesireandmoralrsponsibility.Writtenin1860,TheMillontheFlosswasinstantlypopular.ThevaluesofEnglandisgrowingmiddle-classsocietyarereflectedbythetownspeopleofSt.Oggis,whodwellalongtheriverFloss,wheretheTullivershaveworkedinafamilymillforgenerations.whenherfatherisfollyplacestheirancestralhomeinjeopardy,Maggieisforcedtodrawuponherintelligenceandsensitivity—qualitiesunappreciatedinawomanofhertimeandplace.Herfailuretoupholdthefamilyhonorexciestheself-righteouswrathofSt.Oggis,ascornfulcondemmaionsharedevenbyMaggieisadoredbrother,Tom.

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