Tulliver family

fictional characters

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Tulliver family, fictional family in George Eliot’s novel The Mill on the Floss (1860). Mr. Tulliver is the stubborn and hot-tempered owner of Dorlcote Mill whose lawsuit against a neighbour leads to disaster for the family. Mrs. Tulliver cares more for her household goods than for her children. The central character of the novel is their daughter Maggie, an intelligent and sensitive woman who is stifled by the demands of her family and the community in which they live. Her arrogant, self-righteous brother Tom bans Maggie from the house after she is caught in a compromising situation, but the brother and sister are reconciled in the end.

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