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Violence
Some
A flood and deaths at the novel's climax; nothing graphically depicted
Language
Barely any
Victorian literary prose; no profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
A romantic scandal; the social consequences of a woman being seen in a compromising situation
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained psychological damage of being too much for a world that will only accept less; a devastating ending
What this book is about
Maggie Tulliver grows up in a Victorian mill town, constantly at odds with the social expectations placed on women—too passionate, too clever, too much—while watching her brother Tom accept those constraints more easily. George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel builds to a devastating conclusion.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Devastating ending
The social crushing of a woman's spirit is the novel's central subject
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