Silas Marner And Two Short Stories by George Eliot
The Weaver of Raveloe
A wronged and embittered artisan retreats to a rural village and lives as a solitary miser, hoarding gold until thieves steal it and an abandoned child appears at his doorstep; raising her gradually rescues him from isolation, restores his place in the community, and reveals the hidden moral failures and secret pasts of the village gentry. When the child’s biological origins come to light, loyalties and pretensions are tested, but her choice to remain with the man who loved and raised her affirms the novel’s belief in nurture, forgiveness, and quiet redemption. Two brief companion tales echo these concerns—exploring social hypocrisy, duty, and the small, moral reckonings that quietly transform ordinary lives.
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- 1861
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- English
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- English
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