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The Mill on the Floss

Contents

  • Book First, Boy and Girl
    • I. Outside Dorlcote Mill
    • II. Mr. Tulliver, Of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution About Tom
    • III. Mr Riley Gives His Advice Concerning A School For Tom
    • IV. Tom Is Expected
    • V. Tom Comes Home
    • VI. The Aunts And Uncles Are Coming
    • VII. Enter The Aunts And Uncles
    • VIII. Mr. Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side
    • IX. To Garum Firs
    • X. Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected
    • XI. Maggie Tries To Run Away From Her Shadow
    • XII. Mr And Mrs Glegg At Home
    • XIII. Mr Tulliver Further Entangles The Skein Of Life
  • Book Second, School-Time
    • I. Tom’s "First Half"
    • II. The Christmas Holidays
    • III. The New Schoolfellow
    • IV. "The Young Idea"
    • V. Maggie’s Second Visit
    • VI. A Love-Scence
    • VII. The Golden Gates Are Passed
  • Book Third, The Downfall
    • I. What Had Happened At Home
    • II. Mrs. Tulliver’s Teraphim, Or Household Gods
    • III. The Family Council
    • IV. A Vanishing Gleam
    • V. Tom Applies His Knife To The Oyster
    • VI. Tending To Refute The Popular Prejudice Against The Present Of A Pocket-Knife
    • VII. How A Hen Takes To Strategem
    • VIII. Daylight On The Wreck
    • IX. An Item Added To The Family Register
  • Book Fourth, The Valley of Humiliation
    • I. A Variation Of Prostentatism Unknown To Bossuet
    • II. The Torn Nest Is Pierced By The Thorns
    • III. A Voice From The Past
  • Book Fifth, Wheat and Tares
    • I. In The Red Deeps
    • II. Aunt Glegg Learns The Breadth Of Bob’s Thumb
    • III. The Wavering Balance
    • IV. Another Love-Scene
    • V. The Cloven Tree
    • VI. The Hard-Won Triumph
    • VII. A Day Of Reckoning
  • Book Sixth, The Great Temptation
    • I. A Duet In Paradis
    • II. First Impressions
    • III. Confidential Moments
    • IV. Brother And Sister
    • V. Showing That Tom Had Opened The Oyster
    • VI. Illustrating The Laws Of Attraction
    • VII. Philip Re-Enters
    • VIII. Wakem In A New Light
    • IX. Charity In Full Dress
    • X. The Spell Seems Broken
    • XI. In The Lane
    • XII. A Family Party
    • XIII. Borne Along By The Tide
    • XIV. Waking
  • Book Seventh, The Final Rescue
    • I. The Return Of The Mill
    • II. St Ogg’s Passes Judgement
    • III. Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable Of Surprising Us
    • IV. Maggie And Lucy
    • V. The Last Conflict
    • VI. Conclusion