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Silas Marner : the weaver of Raveloe

Eliot, George, 1819-18802017
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Falsely accused of theft, Silas Marner is cut off from his community but finds refuge in the village of Raveloe, where he is eyed with distant suspicion. Like a spider from a fairy-tale, Silas fills fifteen monotonous years with weaving and accumulating gold. The son of the wealthy local Squire, Godfrey Cass also seeks an escape from his past. One snowy winter, two events change the course of their lives: Silas's gold is stolen and, a child crawls across his threshold. Combining the qualities of a fable with a rich evocation of rural life in the early years of the nineteenth century, Silas Marner (1861) is a masterpiece of construction and a powerful meditation on the value of communal bonds in a mysterious world.
Main title:
Silas Marner : the weaver of Raveloe / George Eliot ; edited with an introduction and notes by Juliette Atkinson.
Author:
Eliot, George, 1819-1880, authorAtkinson, Juliette, editor, writer of supplementary textual content
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.©2017
Collation:
xlv, 196 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780198724643 (pbk)9780198724643 (paperback)0198724640 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.8
Language:
English
BRN:
659998
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
City LibraryFictionELIOOn loan - Due: 27 Jun 2026
East Melbourne LibraryFictionELIOOn loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026
Library at the DockFictionELIOOn loan - Due: 02 Jul 2026
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