Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel penned by
George Eliot, a pseudonym for Victorian author Mary Anne Evans,
first published in England in 1861. It is a dramatic tale of a
reclusive weaver, which in strong realism depicts the author's
sophisticated treatments of her attitude toward religion. In a
script set in the early 19th century, Silas Marner is a member of a
small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in an
unnamed city in the North of England. He is falsely accused of
stealing the congregation's funds while caring for a very ill
deacon. A pocket-knife belonging to Marner and the bag formerly
containing the money are found in his house. It appears evident to
Silas that his best friend, William Dane, has framed him, because
he had lent the pocket-knife to William a short while before, and
had not seen it since. Silas is proclaimed guilty by the members of
his church and the woman he was to marry rejects him, and later
weds Dane. With his life and his heart ripped apart, Silas leaves
Lantern Yard and the city he has long called home. Marner heads
south, settling near the village of Raveloe, where he lives as a
recluse, plying his trade of weaving, and hoarding his earnings.
When his gold is stolen by Dunstan Cass, the dissolute young son of
a squire, who is the town's leading landowner, Silas sinks into a
deep depression, despite the villagers' attempts to aid him.
"Dunsey" Cass disappears, and once again no association is made
between the thief and the theft. Godfrey Cass, Dunsey's elder
brother, also harbors a dark secret. On a cold winter's night, an
event occurs by which this enigma will affect Marner in a way that
no one could expect. A product of this secret is a two-year-old
child which ends up on Marner's hearth, and changes his life
forever. Symbolically, Silas has been robbed of his material gold
but has it returned to him in the golden-haired toddler whom he
keeps and names Eppie, for his mother. Follow this exciting
adventure and discover the true meaning of life and love.
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