Young Maggie Tulliver's loyalty to her beloved older brother, Tom, and to the rest of her family, is tragically tested when she falls in love with the son of her father's bitterest enemy.
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Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of George Eliot. The mill on the floss. Book first: Boy and girl -- Book second: School-time -- Book third: The downfall -- Book fourth: The valley of humiliation -- Book fifth: Wheat and tares -- Book sixth: The great temptation -- Book seventh: The final rescue -- Textual variations -- Explanatory notes.