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The Millstone (novel)
''The Millstone'' is a novel by Margaret Drabble, first published in 1965.〔(The millstone : a novel by Margaret Drabble ), WorldCat.org〕
It is about an unmarried, young academic who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand and, against all odds, decides to give birth to her child and raise it herself.
==Title==
Drabble has acknowledged the source of the title to be in Christ's words: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were better that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea" (Matthew 18:6). The parallel between Christ's words and the plot of the novel is established through the innocent though illegitimate baby, Octavia, the "little one", who is subject to harm, her congenital heart defect rendering her vulnerable in the extreme. Christ's warning of punishment to would-be agents of harm is echoed in the fiercely loving protectiveness of Rosamund, the child's mother.〔Susan Spitzer. ("Fantasy and Feminism in Margaret Drabble's ''The Millstone''" ). ''Novel: A Forum on Fiction'', Vol. 11, No.3 (Spring 1978), p.227.〕 ''The Millstone'', Drabble said in 2011, is about how maternity "changes you into something fiercer than you were before."〔John Mullan. ("''The Millstone'' by Margaret Drabble" ). ''The Guardian'', 26 March 2011.〕
Three of Drabble's first six novels have Biblical titles — a remnant perhaps of her Quaker education.〔Lisa Allardice, ("Rereading: ''Jerusalem the Golden''" ). ''The Guardian'', 2 December 2011.〕 ''The Millstone'' was the first, the other two being ''Jerusalem the Golden'' (1967) and ''The Needle's Eye'' (1972).
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