Mill on the Floss

Set in the late 1820s and 1830s, after the Napoleonic Wars, the novel spans a period of 10 to 15 years and details the life of Maggie Tulliver, and her brother Tom, growing up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss at its junction with the more minor River Ripple near the village of St Ogg''s in Lincolnshire, England. The story begins when Maggie is 9 years old, 13 years into her parents'' marriage. ...