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The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot

Start date: May 1, 2020

Finish date: May 31, 2020

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Jun 27, 2012 Chrissie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: relationships, bio, disliked, victorian, great-britain, audible-us, fiction, returned, england

ETA: Eliot can write. She has a great vocabulary, but so does a dictionary.

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I finished 3 minutes ago. I will write the review later..... but this is just to explode!!!! The ending sucks. TERRIBLE ending. I think that is one of the worst endings I have ever come across. The ending is unbelievable and soppy. (view spoiler) ...more

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Sep 14, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: hf-19th-century-europe, read-2009, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, victorians

Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family.

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Nov 22, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, classics, vic-lit

Read for Victober 2017.

Wow! I have never read any of Eliot's books or seen any adaptations. In fact, I had not heard of this book until a few months ago.

This book is mostly quiet without a complex plot, and with few characters. Up until the last few pages I was convinced it was a completely average book worthy of 2 to 2.5 stars. But then... the ending got me! This book was like riding a slow-moving tourist train winding its way through the countryside, which on the downhill side of the mountain ...more

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