description: Combining humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism, this is an unsentimental, yet affectionate portrait of rural life. Its protagonist, a man wrongly accused and exiled is given a chance to achieve true happiness through his care of an orphaned girl.
language: English
title: Silas Marner
titlecomplete: Silas Marner
characters: Silas Marner, Squire Cass, Godfrey Cass, Dunstan Cass, Priscilla Lammeter, Nancy Lammeter, William Dane, Dolly Winthrop, Eppie, Aaron Winthrop
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 84979
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Easton Press