Talk:The Mill on the Floss

Untitled
The character information is just copied and pasted from Sparknotes, including non functioning linksto In-depth analysis.

Interpretation, possibly accurate, but ought to be noted as such
"It includes autobiographical elements, and reflects the disgrace that George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) herself experienced ..." I have no doubt about the autobiographical elements, authors somehow have a habit of doing that sort of thing, but reflecting "disgrace" she felt as resulting from an affair with a married man seems a bit of a stretch, certainly an interpretation that ought to be flagged as such. Mr legumoto (talk) 19:11, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

long-tailed sheep, what does it mean?
long-tailed sheep, what does it mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.131.141.13 (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

SETTING
THE PLOT summary is ok but what about the setting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.68.51 (talk) 16:23, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

TV and Theatre adaptations
What about the brilliant theatrical adaptation of Mill on the Floss by Shared Experience and Helen Edmundson? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Edmundson

http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/past2.asp?levtwo=22&ord=5 Pikle (talk) 09:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations
Just wanted to say, I've been reading a lot of plot summaries all over the internet, and yet this is so excellently written it shines better than them all. Well done.


 * Have to agree. It's restrained, doesn't make ridiculous claims, and doesn't read like a sixth-grade book report. That may sound like faint praise but for wikipedia, this is truly an achievement ! 116.231.78.79 (talk) 08:02, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Time period
In chapter VII, towards the end of the book, there is a reference to Bellini's 1831 opera Sonnambula.

"Don't you know that?" said Philip, bringing out the tune more definitely. "It's from the 'Sonnambula'–'Ah! perchè non posso odiarti.' I don't know the opera, but it appears the tenor is telling the heroine that he shall always love her though she may forsake him. You've heard me sing it to the English words, 'I love thee still.'"

Since Maggie is a teenager at this point, old enough to marry, I would think the novel opens pre-1820. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fredsaid22 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That is a good insight, but it falls under what we call "original research" - analysis conducted by Wikipedia editors. Can you find something in a published source (try using books.google.com ) that would verify the date? Active Banana (talk) 22:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Locations section
I've never seen a section like this before for any other novel, which doesn't mean that it's wrong, but I do wonder whether it adds to the article. Jfmantis (talk) 19:17, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Open Library
If you klick on the Weblink to "Open Library", you will read this:

"Oh! The humanity! There's no description for this book yet. Can you help?"

So, what may be the use of such a link? --Peewit (talk) 08:16, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Leaden lead suggestion
Proposed addition in italics:

The Mill on the Floss is a novel by Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot), first published in three volumes in 1860 by William Blackwood. The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. ''By all accounts, this fat tome is a gripping affair, as in, if you're reading in bed and you lose your grip, its 900 pages might descend heavily, causing grievous bodily damage. Few people make it past the first half-hour bicep curl, which is why this short lead mentions only the author, title, and publishers; those who actually do finish the book become so built-like-Arnie they can no longer type efficiently, which infinitely compounds the synopsis/assessment problem.''

&mdash; MaxEnt 23:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)