Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow.

The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot

This dress has seen extensive use over the years. Its first sighting was on actress Sheila Raynor as Tabitha Aykroyd in the 1973 mini-series The Brontës of Haworth. In 1978 it was spotted on Pippa Guard as Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss. The following year it made a very brief appearance on an extra in The Old Curiosity Shop. 1985’s The Pickwick Papers recycled the dress for use on Tamsin Heatley in the role of Mary, and in 1999 Justine Waddell wore the costume as Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters. In 2007, the gown was worn by Julia Sawalha as Jessie Brown in Cranford, and finally in 2019 on Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister in Gentleman Jack.

Costume Credit: Ameliadean, carsNcors Sarah A. Shrewsbury Lasses 

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"Life did change for Tom and Maggie; and yet they were not wrong in believing that the thoughts and loves of these first years would always make part of their lives. We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it-"

-The Mill on the Floss, George Elliot

i'm only 50 pages into the mill on the floss but it's already growing roots inside my ribcage, choking me and becoming a part of my wiring

Milton Glaser - George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss Original Cover Art (1965)

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The Mill on the Floss had Philip write “I could not bear to come like a shadow across your joy” in his letter to Maggie and I have thought about it every single day since I read it.

"We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it."

—George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

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She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burden of larger wants than others seemed to feel – that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.

From George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss

Excuse me, George Eliot, how exactly am I supposed to recover from that?!!?!!!

She lulled me into a false sense of security with Silas Marner...

“Don't judge a book by its cover” ― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss