<DIV><DIV><DIV><B><I>"Eliot dealt in human relationships and she was a mistress of the art."  ?</I>Times</B></DIV></B></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both willful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up together on the banks of the River Floss, Tom's self-righteous stubbornness and Maggie's emotional intensity increasingly brings them into conflict, particularly when Maggie's beauty sparks some ill-fated attachments. George Eliot's story of a brother and sister bound together by their errors and affections is told here with tenderness, energy, and a profound understanding of human nature.</div></DIV>