Silas Marner

Silas Marner

Summary


A heartwarming and poignant tale of a lonely man brought back to life and faith.

Silas Marner lives a friendless and isolated existence near the country village of Raveloe, hoarding his gold. One night his fortune is stolen and Silas loses everything he holds dear. But then the golden-haired child Eppie appears in his home, and Silas begins to reform bonds of faith and human connectedness that he once renounced forever.

'A great novel of unquenchable optimism and boundless humanity' Guardian

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  • A great novel of unquenchable optimism and boundless humanity
    Guardian

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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