The Mill on the Floss with Louis de Bernières

03/04/21 • 60 min

George Eliot in Nuneaton. The novelist Louis de Bernières explores the landscape around Nuneaton in Warwickshire, the birthplace of Mary Ann Evans, or George Eliot. They discuss The Mill on the Floss, visiting the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery and the Griff House Beefeater, which was Eliot's childhood home and the inspiration for Dorlcote Mill in the novel. They also meet Adam Weaver, land agent of the Arbury Estate, the same position held by Eliot’s father.

Penguin Classics edition of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60341/the-mill-on-the-floss/9780141439624.html

Audiobook: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/the-mill-on-the-floss/id1528313409?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=audio-books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1

Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-mill-on-the-floss/id374227455?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1

Louis de Bernières

https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1017789/louis-de-bernieres.html

Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/info/20038/museum_and_art_gallery/160/museum_and_art_gallery

Griff House Beefeater

https://www.beefeater.co.uk/en-gb/locations/warwickshire/griff-house

The Arbury Estate

https://arburyestate.co.uk/

George Eliot walking tour of Nuneaton

http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/george-eliot/george-eliot-walking-tour.shtml

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Penguin Classics edition of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60341/the-mill-on-the-floss/9780141439624.html

Audiobook: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/the-mill-on-the-floss/id1528313409?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=audio-books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1

Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-mill-on-the-floss/id374227455?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_mill_on_the_floss&ls=1

Louis de Bernières

https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1017789/louis-de-bernieres.html

Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/info/20038/museum_and_art_gallery/160/museum_and_art_gallery

Griff House Beefeater

https://www.beefeater.co.uk/en-gb/locations/warwickshire/griff-house

The Arbury Estate

https://arburyestate.co.uk/

George Eliot walking tour of Nuneaton

http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/george-eliot/george-eliot-walking-tour.shtml

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Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57514/the-lonely-londoners/9780141188416.html

Ebook: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-lonely-londoners/id913000990?itsct=books_toolbox&itscg=30200&ct=books_the_lonely_londoners&ls=1

Susheila Nasta

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/staff/nastas.html

https://twitter.com/susheila_nasta

Wasafiri

https://www.wasafiri.org/

The Pepperpot Centre

https://www.pepperpotcentre.org.uk/

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