The Mill on the Floss

As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. This story shows the ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age.

Pe masura ce indrazneala Maggie Tulliver devine femeie, dragostea profunda pe care o are pentru fratele ei Tom se transforma in conflict, pentru ca nu poate impaca standardele sale burgheze cu propria ei inteligenta plina de viata. Aceasta poveste arata ambiguitatea in care alegerea morala este supusa ipocriziei epocii victoriane.