![]() ![]() Close attention is given to this extended family particularly as they come together to ruminate on the woes of the mill family. ![]() He does this once too often and loses the property much to the consternation of his in-laws, the Dodson family. ![]() On several occasions Mr Tulliver ‘goes to law’ because he perceives threats to the water supply for the corn mill from other land owners. Maggie and Tom, the central characters, are children of Mr and Mrs Tulliver of Dorlcote Mill. She then spent some years as housekeeper to her father on occasions accompanying him in his role as manager of a large estate, Arbury Hall, from which it is likely she gained models for characters and agricultural settings for several novels. ![]() St Oggs, a nearby town, is thought to be Gainsborough on the River Trent which Eliot visited when researching a riverside setting for scenes in the novel.Įliot’s mother died when she was 17 years of age. The main action is at Dorlcote Mill, likely based on Arbury Mill, Warwickshire where she played as a child. Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, actually Mary Anne Evans, was published in 1860. ![]()
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