The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss is a book written

by George Eliot, whose real name is Mary Anne (later

Marian) Evans. There is a great deal of autobiography in this

book. The facts of Mary Anne's life do not match Maggie

Tulliver, but there is an obvious reflection of her own life.

Book One: Chapter1-13 The novel opens up with a

description of the countryside around the town of St. Ogg's

and the river Floss. In the second chapter Maggie, Mr.

Tulliver, Mrs. Tulliver, and Mr. Riley are introduced. Mr.

Tulliver states his intention to send Tom to a different school.

In the third chapter Mr. Riley gives his advice about a school

for Tom. In the forth chapter Mr. Tulliver goes after Tom,

while Mr. Tulliver is gone you learn about that Maggie's

mother is concerned mainly with what her family thinks. In

the fifth chapter Tom is home and you learn that he cares for

his sister Maggie deeply, and that Tom's opinion is very

important to Maggie. In the sixth chapter the Tulliver's are

getting ready for the aunts and uncles to arrive. In the

seventh chapter the family arrives and you are introduced to

Mrs. Glegg, Mrs. Pullet, Mrs. Deane and Maggie's cousin

Lucy. Mr. Tulliver states his intention to send Tom to school

and it is met with opposition. In the eighth chapter he goes to

his brother-in-laws house to demand the money that he

owes him so that he can pay his wife's sister Mrs. Glegg. In

chapter nine you read about the Tullivers going to visit the

Pullets. In the tenth chapter Maggie pushed Lucy in the mud

because she is receiving most of Tom's attention. When Tom

goes to tell on her she runs off and can't be found. In the

eleventh chapter Maggie decides to run away to the gypsies,

but after learning how poor they were and how little of food

they had she decides to go back home. In the twelfth

chapter you read that St. Ogg is named for it's patron saint

who showed pity on a woman and child. St. Ogg is the town

where the Gleggs live. In the thirteenth chapter Mr. Tulliver

borrows money from a client of his old enemy Wakem.

Book One: Chapter 1-7 In the first chapter of this book

Tom is at school, and he is Stelling's only student. Maggie

goes to visit him in October. In the second chapter Tom gets

to come home for Christmas. Mr. Tulliver has a lawsuit

against Mr. Pivart , his next door neighbor. It has also

become known that Wakem's son will be sent to school with

Tom. In the third chapter Tom is back at school and meets

Phillip Wakem. Philip Wakem is a small, deformed youth

with a hump on his back, but is an exceptional artist and

story teller. In the forth chapter read that Tom feels that

Philip is an enemy. Tom and Philip get in an argument that

left Phillip crying bitterly. Tom bribes Mr. Poulter to let him

borrow his sword and keep it under his bed. In the fifth

chapter Tom tries to make up the quarrel with Philip, but

Wakem does not respond. Tom tries to impress Maggie and

drops the sword on his foot. Also Maggie becomes very

fond of Philip Wakem. In the sixth chapter Philip sends all

his extra time with Tom and Maggie. Maggie kisses Philip in

the library and promises to do so again next time she sees

him. In the seventh chapter Tom goes on at King's Lorton

until his fifth half year, and Maggie is sent to boarding school

with Lucy. Also Mr. Tulliver loses his lawsuit against Mr.

Pivart. Book Three: Chapters 1-9 In the first chapter Mr.

Tullver falls off of his horse and is found insensible by the

roadside. Tom ventures that Wakem is responsible and

vows to make him "feel for it". In the second chapter Mr.

Tulliver is found crying over the things that she has to sell to

pay the mortgage. Maggie reproaches her mother for caring

more about her possessions than Mr. Tulliver. In the third

chapter the aunts and uncles gather for consultation. They

help by buying some of Mrs. Tullivers good things. In the

forth chapter Mr. Tulliver wakes up for a while and

becomes excited, but soon falls back to bed. In the sixth

chapter Tom goes to see his uncle Deane about a job. Mr.

Deane gives him a job for no better reason than he is his

nephew.. In the sixth chapter the sale of Mrs. Tullivers

household goods is finally over. Bob Jakin, one of Tom's

childhood friends, comes back