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Silas minor6/9/2023 ![]() Unabridged, slightly corrected Dover (1996) republication of the text of the first edition, published as Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1861. ![]() Its masterly portrait of moral and psychological behavior in Victorian England, its mystery, intrigue and heartwarming denouement. It has also long delighted students of literature and general readers alike with In this story of love, disappointment, and redemption, the weaver of Raveloe learns the true meaning of happiness. Eppie grows into a charming young woman who cares for the alienated Silas, helping him find love and hope in hisįirst published in 1861, this classic English novel by George Eliot (pen name of Mary Anne Evans) is widely admired for its brevity and perfection of form. Hoard of gold and he becomes the guardian of Eppie, a little orphan girl who makes her way to his cottage one wintry night. Jones when I started this process and had their records confused for a while. His youngest son named his first son after Luke, who raised him. Side note: I was basically named after Luke Smith. ![]() Much later in life, the lonely, embittered weaver experiences two jolting events: he is robbed of his meager His wife did eventually marry Luke Smith and he later adopted Silas’ minor children. As a young man, Silas Marner shut himself off from the world after being wrongly accused of theft and losing the girl he loved. ![]()
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