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Silas Marner

by George Eliot
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Overview

"Silas Marner tells the vivid tale of a reclusive miser who finds redemption through the love of an abandoned child. Like many of the other works of George Eliot (the pen name of the novelist Mary Anne Evans), it makes poignantly real the folkways, charms, and perils of rural English life, while exploring universal themes - wealth and poverty, greed and love, the nature of happiness - with penetrating psychological insight. "The book remains a wonder...because it is such a tight and finely woven tapestry," says Chris Bohjalian in his Introduction. "No material is wasted, no threads are left dangling. There is a reason for every word." Both a rich moral drama and an evocative reading experience, Silas Marner remains one of Eliot's best-loved works."--BOOK JACKET.

A gentle linen weaver who is wrongly accused of a heinous theft goes into seclusion and finds redemption in his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears at his cottage.

Synopsis

Silas Marner es un hombre desdichado que, tras un desengaño amoroso y social, huye de su ciudad y se instala como tejedor een el pueblo de Raveloe, donde lleva una vida tranquila, dedicándose en cuerpo y alma a trabajar y acumular dinero. Un buen día sus ahorros desaparecen y poco después, como si se tratara de un trueque del destino, aparece una niña abandonada a la que adopta. Los cuidados que le procura y su educación cambiarán su vida. Esta novela fue llevada hace varios años al cine.

About the Author, George Eliot

Chris Bohjalian is the author of Midwives, The Law of Similars, and Transsister Radio, among other books. His new novel, Buffalo Soldier, about a foster child will be published in May. He lives in Vermont.

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 2007
Publisher
Hubbard Press
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781408631140

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