# The Mill on the Floss — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

- [Book I: Boy and Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-i-boy-and-girl.md): This opening chapter introduces the Tulliver family, focusing on Mr. Tulliver's decision to send his son Tom to school and the contrasting natures of Tom and his sister Maggie. It sets up the family dynamics, social aspi
- [Outside Dorlcote Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-outside-dorlcote-mill.md): The narrator describes the landscape around Dorlcote Mill and the River Floss on a February afternoon, then reveals it was a dream before introducing Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver talking by the fire.
- [Mr. Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares His Resolution About Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-mr-tulliver-of-dorlcote-mill-declares-his-resolution-about-tom.md): Mr. Tulliver announces his plan to give Tom a good education so he can become a surveyor or auctioneer, not a miller. Mrs. Tulliver suggests consulting the aunts and uncles, but Mr. Tulliver refuses. The conversation shi
- [Mr. Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-mr-riley-gives-his-advice-concerning-a-school-for-tom.md): Mr. Tulliver seeks advice from Mr. Riley about sending his son Tom to a new school. Mr. Riley recommends a clergyman named Mr. Stelling, praising his education and character. Mrs. Tulliver expresses concerns about housek
- [Tom Is Expected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-tom-is-expected.md): Maggie is disappointed she cannot accompany her father to fetch Tom home. In a fit of defiance, she wets her hair to avoid curls, then retreats to the attic where she vents her frustrations on a wooden doll. A sudden bea

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- [Tom Comes Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-tom-comes-home.md)
- [VI: The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-the-aunts-and-uncles-are-coming.md)
- [Enter the Aunts and Uncles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vii-enter-the-aunts-and-uncles.md)
- [Mr. Tulliver Shows His Weaker Side](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/viii-mr-tulliver-shows-his-weaker-side.md)
- [To Garum Firs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ix-to-garum-firs.md)
- [Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/x-maggie-behaves-worse-than-she-expected.md)
- [XI: Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xi-maggie-tries-to-run-away-from-her-shadow.md)
- [Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xii-mr-and-mrs-glegg-at-home.md)
- [Mr. Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xiii-mr-tulliver-further-entangles-the-skein-of-life.md)
- [Book II: School-Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-ii-school-time.md)
- [Tom's "First Half"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-tom-s-first-half.md)
- [II: The Christmas Holidays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-the-christmas-holidays.md)
- [The New Schoolfellow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-the-new-schoolfellow.md)
- [IV: “The Young Idea”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-the-young-idea.md)
- [Maggie's Second Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-maggie-s-second-visit.md)
- [A Love-Scene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-a-love-scene.md)
- [The Golden Gates Are Passed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vii-the-golden-gates-are-passed.md)
- [Book III: The Downfall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-iii-the-downfall.md)
- [What Had Happened at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-what-had-happened-at-home.md)
- [Mrs. Tulliver's Teraphim, or Household Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-mrs-tulliver-s-teraphim-or-household-gods.md)
- [The Family Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-the-family-council.md)
- [A Vanishing Gleam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-a-vanishing-gleam.md)
- [Tom Applies His Knife to the Oyster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-tom-applies-his-knife-to-the-oyster.md)
- [VI: Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice Against the Present of a Pocketknife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-tending-to-refute-the-popular-prejudice-against-the-present-of-a-pocketknife.md)
- [VII: How a Hen Takes to Stratagem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vii-how-a-hen-takes-to-stratagem.md)
- [Daylight on the Wreck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/viii-daylight-on-the-wreck.md)
- [IX: An Item Added to the Family Register](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ix-an-item-added-to-the-family-register.md)
- [Book IV: The Valley of Humiliation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-iv-the-valley-of-humiliation.md)
- [I: A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-a-variation-of-protestantism-unknown-to-bossuet.md)
- [II: The Torn Nest Is Pierced by the Thorns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-the-torn-nest-is-pierced-by-the-thorns.md)
- [A Voice from the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-a-voice-from-the-past.md)
- [Book V: Wheat and Tares](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-v-wheat-and-tares.md)
- [In the Red Deeps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-in-the-red-deeps.md)
- [Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob's Thumb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-aunt-glegg-learns-the-breadth-of-bob-s-thumb.md)
- [III: The Wavering Balance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-the-wavering-balance.md)
- [IV: Another Love-Scene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-another-love-scene.md)
- [The Cloven Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-the-cloven-tree.md)
- [VI: The Hard-Won Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-the-hard-won-triumph.md)
- [A Day of Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vii-a-day-of-reckoning.md)
- [Book VI: The Great Temptation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-vi-the-great-temptation.md)
- [A Duet in Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-a-duet-in-paradise.md)
- [First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-first-impressions.md)
- [Confidential Moments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-confidential-moments.md)
- [IV: Brother and Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-brother-and-sister.md)
- [Showing That Tom Had Opened the Oyster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-showing-that-tom-had-opened-the-oyster.md)
- [VI: Illustrating the Laws of Attraction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-illustrating-the-laws-of-attraction.md)
- [Philip Re-Enters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vii-philip-re-enters.md)
- [Wakem in a New Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/viii-wakem-in-a-new-light.md)
- [IX: Charity in Full-Dress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ix-charity-in-full-dress.md)
- [X: The Spell Seems Broken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/x-the-spell-seems-broken.md)
- [XI: In the Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xi-in-the-lane.md)
- [A Family Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xii-a-family-party.md)
- [XIII: Borne Along by the Tide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xiii-borne-along-by-the-tide.md)
- [Waking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xiv-waking.md)
- [Book VII: The Final Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/book-vii-the-final-rescue.md)
- [The Return to the Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-the-return-to-the-mill.md)
- [II: St. Ogg’s Passes Judgment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-st-ogg-s-passes-judgment.md)
- [III: Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable of Surprising Us](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iii-showing-that-old-acquaintances-are-capable-of-surprising-us.md)
- [IV: Maggie and Lucy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/iv-maggie-and-lucy.md)
- [The Last Conflict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/v-the-last-conflict.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/vi-conclusion.md)

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