num_pages: 192
description: This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Eliot's subtle themes and language. Silas Marner, which first appeared in 1861, is a tale about life, love, and the need to belong. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and unjustly forced from his home town, Silas lives a reclusive and godless life, finding love and companionship only in material objects. It will take the theft of his gold and the discovery of an abandoned infant to remind him of the importance of human relationships and faith. Mary Ann Evans, writing under her pen name of George Eliot, carefully weaves the interaction of plot and character, and, in so doing, depicts Silas Marner's redemption and rebirth through his love and protection of the orphaned girl and the possibility of losing her. Throughout the book, Eliot also takes the opportunity to voice her feelings about industrialization, religion, and social class distinctions.
language: English
title: Silas Marner
titlecomplete: Silas Marner
characters: Dolly Winthrop, Dunstan Cass, Aaron Winthrop, William Dane, Godfrey Cass, Eppie, Nancy Lammeter, Silas Marner, Squire Cass, Priscilla Lammeter
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 84962
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Prestwick House, Inc.