Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe

Name: Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe
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ISBN: 9780199536771

ISBN-10: 0199536775

ISBN-13: 9780199536771

Edition: 2008

Authors: George Eliot, Terence Cave

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It came to me first of all, quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale, suggested by my recollection of having once, in early childhood, seen a linen-weaver with a bag on his back; but, as my mind dwelt on the subject, I became inclined to a more realistic treatment. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicableevents occur: Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. The imaginative control George Eliot displays as her narrative…

Book details

List price: $7.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

David Stirrup is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of KentTerence Cave is Emeritus Professor of French, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford