The Mill On The Floss: Summary

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intention to send Tom to school and it is met
with opposition. In the eighth chapter he goes to his brother-in-laws house to
demand the money that he owes him so that he can pay his wife's sister Mrs.
Glegg. In chapter nine you read about the Tullivers going to visit the Pullets.
In the tenth chapter Maggie pushed Lucy in the mud because she is receiving
most of Tom's attention. When Tom goes to tell on her she runs off and can't be
found. In the eleventh chapter Maggie decides to run away to the gypsies, but
after learning how poor they were and how little of food they had she decides to
go back home. In the twelfth chapter you read that St. Ogg is named for it's
patron saint who showed pity on a woman and child. St. Ogg is the town where
the Gleggs live. In the thirteenth chapter Mr. Tulliver borrows money from a
client of his old enemy Wakem.

Book One: Chapter 1-7

In the first chapter of this book Tom is at school, and he is Stelling's
only student. Maggie ...

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by the roadside. Tom ventures that Wakem is responsible and vows to
make him "feel for it". In the second chapter Mr. Tulliver is found crying
over the things that she has to sell to pay the mortgage. Maggie reproaches her
mother for caring more about her possessions than Mr. Tulliver. In the third
chapter the aunts and uncles gather for consultation. They help by buying some
of Mrs. Tullivers good things. In the forth chapter Mr. Tulliver wakes up for a
while and becomes excited, but soon falls back to bed. In the sixth chapter Tom
goes to see his uncle Deane about a job. Mr. Deane gives him a job for no
better reason than he is his nephew.. In the sixth chapter the sale of ...

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