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 of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". "The Old Mill" won the 1937 Academy Award for Best Short Subjects: Cartoons. It was included as #14 in the book "The 50 Greatest Cartoons As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals". "The Old Mill" is featured in the "World of Color" show at Disney California Adventure. The three mills from the short were seen in miniature on the Storybook Land Canal Boats ride at Disneyland. Beginning December 20, 2014, they were replaced by landmarks from Disney's 2013 3D computer-animated musical film