The Mill on the Floss The Mill on the Floss The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), first published in three volumes in 1860 by William Blackwood. The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. The novel spans a period of 10 to 15 years and details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings growing up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss at its junction with the more minor River Ripple near the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire, England. The river and the village are fictional. The novel begins in
The Old Mill the water wheel is a direct reference to the most famous scene of "The Old Mill." Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse B" is heard in the scene where Homer protected the duck from the water wheel. The Old Mill was released on Laserdisc as part of Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons in 1985, and in the Walt Disney Treasures line of Silly Symphonies Vol. 1. It was also released on Blu-ray on March 1, 2011, on the "Bambi" Diamond Editions Blu-ray disc as a special feature. Also available at iTunes Store. Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki has called "The Old Mill"