– "The Mill on the Floss" is a great read by George Eliot. Written in the nineteenth century, it nevertheless has many useful parallels to twenty-first century life, and the plot and atmosphere of this novel took a hold of me from page one! Basically it's a novel about a girl called Maggie, who, impulsive even as a child, elopes with her cousin's fiance. The story is based very much around Maggie's thoughts and feelings and she is a heroine who you really begin to care for, unlike her narrow-minded brother Tom. "The Mill on the Floss" is a well-written and paced story which moves the reader through a variety of emotions, ranging from amusement, which then culminates in the devastation of the tragic ending. All in all, this is a well written, fascinating and entertaining novel, and I do recommend it to all readers looking for a classic good story!