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lucysnowy 's review for:
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
i enjoyed my time reading this novel. maggie tulliver is certainly a compelling heroine by the end.
i did spend the majority of the novel wondering why everyone considered her one of literatures best heroines - the first half of the novel is simply about tom going to school ... so very dull.
but the second half is so much better! maggie and philip's friendship in the red deeps, her time living with lucy and the stephen guest affair. incredible. it is interesting to explore the complete brutality of victorian society in terms of outcasting women - the chapter that discusses the reaction of the town in regards to the male and female voice is brilliant.
and we have to mention the ending. it comes out of nowhere. so sudden and brutal, just as maggie is about to make amends. there was no way i could have predicted it!
in conclusion, i wish the beginning moved a bit faster because i didnt care about tom's schooling, and it was so very long, but the second half makes up for it. excellent piece of victorian literature.
i did spend the majority of the novel wondering why everyone considered her one of literatures best heroines - the first half of the novel is simply about tom going to school ... so very dull.
but the second half is so much better! maggie and philip's friendship in the red deeps, her time living with lucy and the stephen guest affair. incredible. it is interesting to explore the complete brutality of victorian society in terms of outcasting women - the chapter that discusses the reaction of the town in regards to the male and female voice is brilliant.
and we have to mention the ending. it comes out of nowhere. so sudden and brutal, just as maggie is about to make amends. there was no way i could have predicted it!
in conclusion, i wish the beginning moved a bit faster because i didnt care about tom's schooling, and it was so very long, but the second half makes up for it. excellent piece of victorian literature.