About the Book: Mill On The Floss
"AND IF LIFE HAD NO LOVE IN IT, WHAT ELSE WAS THERE FOR MAGGIE?" Torn between
her passion for intellect and a desperate need to win her brothers love and
approval, the rebellious and spirited Maggie Tulliver is in conflict with her
family. Her intelligence is considered unnatural, while her incurious brother,
Tom, is sent to school. As Maggie goes to visit her brother often, on one of her
visits she befriends the cultured and crippled Philip Wakem-the son of her
fathers enemy. Pained as they are, by the lack of love in their lives, Maggie
and Philip are attracted