Exploring the souls who shape Maggie's world
"Every human soul has its own unique melody"
— George Eliot
The wild-hearted • The misunderstood • The river's child
An intelligent woman who loves knowing new worlds by reading and rejecting social norms.
Maggie's journey represents the universal struggle between self-expression and social acceptance, particularly for intelligent women in Victorian society.
The rigid • The dutiful • The unyielding
Maggie’s brother. Tom is serious, duty-bound, and often unforgiving. His sense of justice and family honor frequently clash with Maggie’s free spirit.
The gentle • The artistic • The wounded
A sensitive and deformed artist who always suffered discrimination. He is the one who pushes Maggie with intellectual and emotional interests.
Philip offers Maggie rare intellectual companionship and unconditional acceptance, representing the possibility of a life lived through the mind rather than societal conventions.
The charming • The tempting • The complication
Charming and self-confident, Stephen’s attraction to Maggie introduces a moral dilemma, testing her loyalty and her principles with all her family.
Stephen's character serves as a mirror to Victorian society's double standards—his actions, while similar to Maggie's, carry entirely different consequences based on their genders.