COMPLETE The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot - dc

[TheVagabond]

I have belatedly realised that I haven't used the same format for the outro of the final chapter of each book, so I have made minor alterations to the ends of sections 22, 32, & 44 to keep them in line with the others.

Tom

[craigdav1]

58 PL OK!

Will listen to those other files later tonight.

[TheVagabond]

Hi Dave,

Before launching into the final book, I thought I'd better put together the missing summary. I think this should be OK:

The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot’s second novel, and was published in 1860, only a year after her first, Adam Bede. It centres on the lives of brother and sister Tom and Maggie Tulliver growing up on the river Floss near the town of St. Oggs (a fictionalised version of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, England) in the years following the Napoleonic Wars, with both as young adults eventually meeting a tragic end by the Mill which the family holds so dear.

In large measure, their lives are dominated by their father, a successful miller brought down by his inability to resist settling arguments in a court of law. Character differences between Tom and Maggie - he dour and rigid of thought, she lively and impulsive - seem to matter little in childhood, but eventually strain their relationship beyond breaking point. It is Maggie, however, who is the dominant character of the book, arguably one of the great characters of 19th century literature. Each of her relationships is vital to the narrative: with her parents, with Tom above all, but on a romantic level with Philip Wakem, the sensitive hunchbacked son of her father’s (and Tom’s) bitterest enemy, and with charming and urbane Stephen Guest, fiance of Maggie’s cousin Lucy Deane.

Maggie’s life is changed utterly by an impulsive elopement which she turns back from, but too late to stop the inevitable abuse and contempt. This is a semi-autobiographical reflection of the vilification which George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) herself had to endure while openly living with a married man, a time when her brother was willing to communicate with her only through lawyers.

Eliot writes of character and relationships with an insight and sharp detail that few authors have ever equalled. It’s a long book, but you will appreciate it for its depth.

by Tom Denholm

Also could you remind me, please, of anything else I haven't done so far which needs to accompany the catalogue entry?

Many thanks,
Tom

[craigdav1]

Tom,
The book summary on the Project Screen page has been updated. Thanks. All else seems ready for cataloging once you've finished recording the last book. I definitely want to listen to this story again.
Dave

[TheVagabond]

Section 59 ready for PL.

Tom

[craigdav1]

59 PL OK!

[TheVagabond]

Section 60 ready for PL.

Tom

[craigdav1]

60 PL OK!

[TheVagabond]

Section 61 ready for PL.

Tom

[craigdav1]

61 PL OK!

[TheVagabond]

Section 62 ready for PL.

Tom

[craigdav1]

62 PL OK!

[TheVagabond]

Section 63 ready for PL.

Tom

[craigdav1]

63 PL OK. Finished!

Will begin cataloging immediately but given the size of this book it may be tomorrow before it is completed.

[TheVagabond]

Thanks Dave. A deep breath before the next one, I think.

Tom