Dec 19, 2009
Silas Marner | Silas Marner
At a glance:
- Author: George Eliot
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Silas Marner, Eppie, Aaron Winthrop, Godfrey Cass, Dunstan Cass, Nancy Lammeter
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Values, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Family or family life, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Betrayal, Rural or country life, Alienation, England or English people, Adultery, Adoption or adopted children, Greed, Faith, Small-town life, Money, Theft, Loneliness, Gossip, Gold, Precious metals or stones, Weaving or weavers
- Locales: England
The Story:
Silas Marner, the linen weaver, lived in the small community of
Raveloe. Long years at his spinning wheel had left Silas extremely
nearsighted so that his vision was limited to only those objects
that were very bright or very close to him. Because of an unjust
accusation of theft, Silas had left his former home at Lantern Yard
and had become a recluse. For fifteen years, the lonely, shriveled
man had lived for no purpose but to hoard the money he received in
payment for his weaving. Night after night, he took his golden
hoard from its hiding place in the floor of his...
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