On the banks of the Floss near St Ogg’s, quick, passionate Maggie Tulliver grows up adoring her stolid brother Tom and forever falling short of her mother’s sisters, the formidable Dodson aunts. When their father’s stubborn lawsuit against the lawyer Wakem ruins Dorlcote Mill, Maggie is torn between family loyalty, her friendship with Wakem’s sensitive son Philip, and a later, dangerous attraction.
Eliot’s most autobiographical novel, with an unforgettable portrait of a clever girl in a world with no use for her. Download the free EPUB.