the River Floss

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The River Floss is the fictional waterway in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," around which the story’s rural English community and central events revolve.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
River Floss 5
The Floss (river) 1
TheMillOnTheFlossRiver 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional river ⓘ
appearsInWork The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
associatedWithGenre Victorian novel ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
associatedWithTheme childhood and memory ⓘ
conflict between individual desire and social constraint ⓘ
power of nature over human plans ⓘ
tragedy and loss ⓘ
centralEventLocation death of Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
death of Tom Tulliver ⓘ
flood that occurs near the end of the novel ⓘ
connectedToCharacter Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Tulliver family ⓘ
connectedToPlaceInFiction Dorlcote Mill ⓘ
countryInFiction England ⓘ
createdBy George Eliot ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1860 ⓘ
flowsThroughInFiction St. Ogg’s ⓘ
linked to: St. Ogg's
hasFeatureInStory site of trade and transport ⓘ
waterway used for milling ⓘ
hasImageryType pastoral ⓘ
sublime and destructive in the flood scenes ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspectiveRelation often described from Maggie’s point of view ⓘ
hasTypeInNarrative rural river ⓘ
importanceInPlot site of climactic resolution ⓘ
structuring element of the community’s life ⓘ
inspiredBy English rural river landscapes ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriodContext 19th-century English literature ⓘ
mediumForActivityInStory boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
transport of goods ⓘ
mediumOfConflict contributes to financial difficulties of the Tulliver family ⓘ
source of disputes over water rights ⓘ
narrativeFunction central setting of the novel ⓘ
influences characters’ lives and fates ⓘ
relatedWork The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
roleInEconomyInFiction supports local milling industry ⓘ
supports river-based commerce ⓘ
settingFor The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
symbolismInWork represents emotional turbulence ⓘ
represents fate and inevitability ⓘ
represents the flow of time ⓘ
represents the force of nature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Mill on the Floss → settingLocation → the River Floss ⓘ
Mr. Tulliver → residesNear → River Floss ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
St. Ogg's → locatedOn → River Floss ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
Dorlcote Mill → locatedOn → River Floss ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
Maggie Tulliver has a close relationship with Philip Wakem → associatedWithLocation → TheMillOnTheFlossRiver ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
Maggie Tulliver → associatedWith → The Floss (river) ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
Floss → referencedAs → River Floss ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss
Flood on the Floss → settingLocation → River Floss ⓘ
linked to: the River Floss