Silas Marner

George Eliot's tender fable follows a betrayed, miserly weaver whose hoarded gold is stolen and replaced by an abandoned child, in a moving parable of loss, community and quiet redemption.

At a glance A lonely weaver, cast out of his old life by a false accusation, hoards his gold in a… What it's about Silas Marner tells the story of a linen weaver who, wrongly disgraced… When the money is stolen and, soon after, an orphaned toddler wanders into his home… Themes Eliot explores redemption through love, the corrosive isolation of greed, and the…

Silas Marner tells the story of a linen weaver who, wrongly disgraced and exiled from his religious community, settles as an outsider in the village of Raveloe and pours all his love into the money he earns.

About this book The story centers on Silas Marner, a weaver living in the English village of Raveloe, and his relationships with his neighbors.