Silas Marner
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"God gave her to me because you turned your back upon her, and He looks upon her as mine: you've no right to her!"
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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I think I really like the writing style. It takes me longer to read than most books, but I loved how George Eliot was able to both convey a lot of information in few pages and give you pages of characterisation and pretty discriptions without either seeming out of place. I'm not sure I'm ready for her longer works, though. While I think the story itself could have used expensions on some aspects, like the time Eppie is actually in the story, I was very much intruiged in what we did get. The two protagonists, Silas and Godfrey, were a great contrast for each other. One simple man brought into the situation by the hand of others, one man from higher ranks living with the consequences of his mistakes. I also liked the portrayal of rural life in "simpler times". The book is heavy on themes without feeling heavy at all and I enjoyed my time with it a lot.
Description
"God gave her to me because you turned your back upon her, and He looks upon her as mine: you've no right to her!"
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Book Information
Posts
I think I really like the writing style. It takes me longer to read than most books, but I loved how George Eliot was able to both convey a lot of information in few pages and give you pages of characterisation and pretty discriptions without either seeming out of place. I'm not sure I'm ready for her longer works, though. While I think the story itself could have used expensions on some aspects, like the time Eppie is actually in the story, I was very much intruiged in what we did get. The two protagonists, Silas and Godfrey, were a great contrast for each other. One simple man brought into the situation by the hand of others, one man from higher ranks living with the consequences of his mistakes. I also liked the portrayal of rural life in "simpler times". The book is heavy on themes without feeling heavy at all and I enjoyed my time with it a lot.