Silas Marner (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)

Product Description

Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York Although the shortest of George Eliot’s novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner – a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England – and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader’s attention until the last page as Eppie’s bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test.

Review

“I think
Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author’s works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple, rounded, consummate aspect. . .which marks a classical work.” –Henry James

From the Back Cover

After suffering betrayal and rejection, Silas Marner leaves his community to settle in a strange place. There the lonely weaver becomes obsessed with accumulating money, until one day a little golden-haired orphan girl wanders into his home… Set at the beginning of the industrial revolution, Silas Marner weaves a telling social commentary into an inspiring tale of love and redemption.

About the Author

Chris Bohjalian is the author of
Midwives, The Law of Similars, and
Transsister Radio, among other books. His new novel,
Buffalo Soldier, about a foster child will be published in May. He lives in Vermont.