The Secret Life of Books

Season 2 Episode 3: The Mill on the Floss

Multi-award-winning actor and director Fiona Shaw explores the genesis of her all-time favourite book, The Mill on the Floss, and discovers how the scandal that caused George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) to take a male pen name was also played out in the plot of her classic novel about a woman's thwarted intellectual ambitions and conflicting sexual desires.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

2

Episodes:

12

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

30 min

First Air:

2014

Rating:

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