About this book
<b>The classic novel of hope, redemption, and the indomitable human spirit, from beloved novelist George Eliot.</b><br><br>In this heartwarming classic by George Eliot, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft actually committed by his best friend. Exiling himself to the rustic village of Raveloe, he becomes a lonely recluse. Ultimately, Marner finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day in his isolated cottage.<br> <br> Somber, yet hopeful, Eliot’s realistic depiction of an irretrievable past, tempered with the magical elements of myth and fairy tale, remains timeless in its understanding of human nature and has been beloved for generations.<br><br><b>With an Introduction by Frederick R. Karl <br>and an Afterword by Kathryn Hughes</b>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780451530622
- Language
- en
About George Eliot
George Eliot, was an English novelist and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and well known for their realism and psychological insight. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot
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