description: Embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a long twilight life alone with his loom. . . and his gold.Silas hoards a treasure that destroys his spirit until fate steals it from him and replaces it with a golden-haired child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are the secrets that fill this moving tale of guilt and innocence. A moral allegory of the redemptive power of love, it is also a finely drawn portrait of early nineteenth-century England in the days when spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses, and of a simple way of life that was soon to disappear.
language: English
title: Silas Marner
titlecomplete: Silas Marner
characters: Silas Marner, Aaron Winthrop, Dunstan Cass, Eppie, William Dane, Squire Cass, Priscilla Lammeter, Dolly Winthrop, Nancy Lammeter, Godfrey Cass
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, School, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 84962
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Brilliance Audio