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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Penguin Popular Classics)
George Eliot
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Description for Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Penguin Popular Classics)
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
Gentle linen weaver Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft, and he exiles himself from the world-until he finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day at his isolated cottage. 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 is beloved by every generation.
Gentle linen weaver Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft, and he exiles himself from the world-until he finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day at his isolated cottage. 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 is beloved by every generation.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140620917
SKU
KAK0007801
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About 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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