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Mill On The Floss is a classic novel of familial and sibling bonds by George Eliot. Summary of the Book Despite her best intentions, the intelligent Maggie Tulliver is at constant loggerheads with her parents. In adulthood, she discovers her feelings for three different men at conflict. She cannot choose between her respect for her proud and stubborn brother, a close friend who is her family’s worst enemy, and a charismatic yet deadly suitor. This book relates the story behind sibling relationships in poignant manner, showing off George Eliot’s gift to render human relationships into the written word. About George Eliot In a time when success in the world of serious, non-romantic literature was dominated by the gender of the writer, Mary Ann Evans chose to write her now classic novels under the moniker of George Eliot. Her novel, Middlemarch, is largely considered to be one of the greatest novels in English literature. Among her other famous novels are Daniel Deronda, Adam Bede and Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe.