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The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
5.0

The Saga of Maggie and Tom Tulliver... from childhood through adulthood. This is truly and epic novel... there is so much to unpack here and days after finishing it, I am still processing this magnificent story.

I laughed, I cried, and I cried some more. And the ending... wow. I did not see that coming at all. The writing and the language are just spectacular. It is brilliantly crafted and it is perhaps the gold standard for Victorian Age writing. If you have not read this, why not. Really. Get it and listen. (the audio version read by Wanda McCaddon is a stellar choice!)