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The Mill on the Floss, the Glossary

The Mill on the Floss is a novel by English author George Eliot, first published in three volumes on 4 April 1860 by William Blackwood and Sons.^[1]

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1860 British novels
Novels by George Eliot
Novels set in Lincolnshire
Novels set in the 1820s
William Blackwood books

Adam Bede

Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, first published in 1859. The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede are novels adapted into radio programs, novels by George Eliot and Victorian novels.

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Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor.

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Blackwood (publishing house)

William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. The Mill on the Floss and Blackwood (publishing house) are William Blackwood books.

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Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.

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Christopher Blake

Christopher Blake (born Peter Ronald Gray, 23 August 1949 – 11 December 2004) was an English actor and screenwriter.

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Emily Watson

Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a British actress.

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George Eliot

Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

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George Henry Lewes

George Henry Lewes (18 April 1817 – 30 November 1878) was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre.

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Harper (publisher)

Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher, HarperCollins, based in New York City.

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Helen Edmundson

Helen Edmundson (born 1964) is a British playwright, screenwriter and producer.

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Judy Cornwell

Judy Valerie Cornwell (born 22 February 1940) is an English actress and writer best known for her role as Daisy in the successful British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995).

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Octavo

Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or "for the eighth time", (abbreviated 8vo, 8º, or In-8) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book.

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Open Library

Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published".

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Pippa Guard

Philippa Ann Guard (born 13 October 1952) is a British actress.

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Prime minister

A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Psychological fiction

In literature, psychological fiction (also psychological realism) is a narrative genre that emphasizes interior characterization and motivation to explore the spiritual, emotional, and mental lives of its characters.

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Ray Smith (actor)

Ray Smith (1 May 1936 – 15 December 1991) was a Welsh actor.

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Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

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Shared Experience is a British theatre company.

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Silas Marner

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by English author George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner are novels by George Eliot and Victorian novels.

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Sugar tongs

The sugar tongs are small serving utensils used at the table to transfer sugar pieces from the sugar bowl to the tea cups.

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The Imitation of Christ

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis, is a Christian devotional book first composed in Medieval Latin as (1418–1427).

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The Mill on the Floss (film)

The Mill on the Floss is a 1936 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Geraldine Fitzgerald and James Mason.

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Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis, CRV (– 25 July 1471; Thomas von Kempen; Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands –1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mill_on_the_Floss

Also known as Mill on the Floss.