Silas Marner
the Weaver of Raveloe
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- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2004
Summary
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439754 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141439750 |
| Author: | George Eliot, David Carroll, Q.D. Leavis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2004 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author’s works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple, rounded, consummate aspect…which marks a classical work.“—Henry James
About The Author
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) (1819-80) was a philosopher, journalist and translator before she became a novelist, her first stories being published in 1856. She led an unconventional life, co-editing the liberal journal Westminster Review for three years and living with the married man and philosopher George Henry Lewes. Her novels are among the greatest of the nineteenth century.
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