Mill on the the floss. George Eliot. 1986.

Brought up at Doricote Mill, Maggie Tolliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud and stubborn brother, a close friend who is also the son of her family’s worse enemy, and a charismatic but dangerous suitor.