
Intelligent Maggie Tulliver navigates family tensions, societal expectations, and personal desires in rural Victorian England alongside her brother Tom.
Intelligent Maggie Tulliver navigates family tensions, societal expectations, and personal desires in rural Victorian England alongside her brother Tom.
From the author of MIDDLEMARCH and SILAS MARNER, a story of frustrated intelligence and longing, featuring the intelligent Maggie, who yearns to be loved, and her brother Tom, who is forced to study. When Maggie is cast out by Tom, she is ostracized by society, and must face the consequences of renunciation.
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Central romantic entanglements with emotional focus and no explicit detail
Flood-related deaths at climax with no graphic depictions
No profanity present
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ representation present
Moral and sacrificial themes with no clergy or rituals
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult content present
Central exploration of gender roles and class expectations
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Family ostracism, societal rejection, and emotional suffering
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