Silas Marner (Signet Classics)

Silas Marner (Signet Classics)

<b>The classic novel of hope, redemption, and the indomitable human spirit, from beloved novelist George Eliot.</b><br><br>In this heartwarming classic by George Eliot, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft actually committed by his best friend. Exiling himself to the rustic village of Raveloe, he becomes a lonely recluse. Ultimately, Marner finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day in his isolated cottage.<br>  <br> Somber, yet hopeful, Eliot€s realistic depiction of an irretrievable past, tempered with the magical elements of myth and fairy tale, remains timeless in its understanding of human nature and has been beloved for generations.<br><br><b>With an Introduction by Frederick R. Karl <br>and an Afterword by Kathryn Hughes</b>