Mill On The Floss

By George Eliot(1860)
Plot Summary

 Tom and Maggie are children to Mr and Mrs Tulliver. Mr Tulliver

owns the Dorlcote Mill by which he makes a living. He is mostly
attached to his daughter Maggie while his wife and her sisters
prefer the boy Tom. Tom is sent to Rev. Stelling for education and
while he is there, he visits Philip Wakem, the son of a lawyer who
takes Dorlcote Mill from Mr Tulliver and becomes his enemy.
Tom avoids making relations to Philip, but Maggie and Philip
develop a liking to each other, which lasts to the end.
 When Mr Tulliver has become bankrupt and bedridden, Tom tries to
earn a living and gather enough money to pay his father’s debts.
Meanwhile, Maggie and Philip always visit each other secretly. Tom
then notices and does not allow Maggie to ever talk to Philip again. Mr
Tulliver, whose debts are paid, wants to take revenge by whipping
Wakem. He is so excited that again falls in bed and this time dies.
Maggie, who until now had to do housework, sewing and reading, goes
to visit his cousin, Lucy.
 At Lucy’s, she visits Stephen, Lucy’s love. Gradually Stephen and
Maggie fall in love with each other. Philip, who is a friend of
Stephen, notices this but does not say anything. In an attempt, while
Stephen and Maggie are alone in a boat, Stephen wants Maggie to
elope with him. Maggie refuses by reasoning that if they do so, they
will betray their friends, Lucy and Philip. Therefore, Maggie comes
back to the town. The townspeople learn about the elopement and
blame Maggie, and Tom does not allow her to come to their house
because he thinks she has dishonoured the family name. the story
ends when a flood has occurred and Maggie tries to save Tom, but
both of them die together.
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