The Mill on the Floss (Modern Library Classics) by Eliot, George -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Biographical Note Introduction by Margot Livesey THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

BOOK FIRST: BOY AND GIRL

I. Outside Dorlcote Mill II. Mr. Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution About Tom III. Mr. Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom IV. Tom Is Expected V. Tom Comes Home VI. The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming VII. Enter the Aunts and Uncles VIII. Mr. Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side IX. To Garum Firs X. Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected XI. Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow XII. Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home XIII. Mr. Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life

BOOK SECOND: SCHOOL-TIME

I. Tom’s “First Half” II. The Christmas Holidays III. The New Schoolfellow IV. ‘The Young Idea’ V. Maggie’s Second Visit VI. A Love Scene VII. The Golden Gates Are Passed

BOOK THIRD: THE DOWNFALL

I. What Had Happened at Home II. Mrs. Tulliver’s Teraphim, or Household Gods III. The Family Council IV. A Vanishing Gleam V. Tom Applies His Knife to the Oyster VI. Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice Against the Present of a Pocket-Knife VII. How a Hen Takes to Stratagem VIII. Daylight on the Wreck IX. An Item Added to the Family Register

BOOK FOURTH: THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION

I. A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet II. The Torn Nest Is Pierced by the Thorns III. A Voice from the Past

BOOK FIFTH: WHEAT AND TARES

I. In the Red Deeps II. Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob’s Thumb III. The Wavering Balance IV. Another Love-Scene V. The Cloven Tree VI. The Hard-Won Triumph VII. A Day of Reckoning

BOOK SIXTH: THE GREAT TEMPTATION

I. A Duet in Paradise II. First Impressions III. Confidential Moments IV. Brother and Sister V. Showing That Tom Had Opened the Oyster VI. Illustrating the Laws of Attraction VII. Philip Re-enters VIII. Wakem in a New Light IX. Charity in Full-Dress X. The Spell Seems Broken XI. In the Lane XII. A Family Party XIII. Borne Along by the Tide XIV. Waking

BOOK SEVENTH: THE FINAL RESCUE

I. The Return to the Mill II. St. Ogg’s Passes Judgment III. Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable of Surprising us IV. Maggie and Lucy V. The Last Conflict Conclusion Notes Reading Group Guide