Staff Pick
This perfectly rendered classic tells the tale of a miserly tailor who loses all his money, but gains something much more precious. A great story with moral dilemmas, ironic twists, and insight into human nature at its best and its very worst. Gorgeous. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Silas Marner, originally published in 1861 and is the first novel written with the pen name George Eliot, for Mary Ann Evans. This novel is set in the early 19th century in a small religious community known as Lantern Yard. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a highly thought about member of a dissenting chapel. Engaged to a young servant-woman named Sarah, Silas thinks that their happiness is assured. Silas finds that he is blamed for a theft by a fellow parishioner and is expelled from his congregation. He later finds that his former fiance married the man who falsely accused him of theft. Silas Marner is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of George Eliot/Mary Ann Evans and also for those who are discovering this important authors works for the first time.
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In this heartwarming classic, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of theft actually committed by his best friend. Silas exiles himself to a rustic village, where he finds spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love of an abandoned child. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue.
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