Combining the qualities of a fable with a rich evocation of rural life in the early years of the nineteenth century, Silas Marner (1861) is a masterpiece of construction and a powerful meditation on the value of communal bonds in a mysterious world. One snowy winter, two events change the course of their lives: Silas's gold is stolen and, a child crawls across. The son of the wealthy local Squire, Godfrey Cass also seeks an escape from his past. Setting: The villages of Lantern Yard and Raveloe in England, early 1800s.

Literary Period: Victorian Period / Realism. Like a spider from a fairy-tale, Silas fills fifteen monotonous years with weaving and accumulating gold. Full Title: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Gold! - his own gold - brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away! Falsely accused of theft, Silas Marner is cut off from his community but finds refuge in the village of Raveloe, where he is eyed with distant suspicion. Silas Marner, published in 1861, is a dramatic novel following the life of Silas Marner and his path from embittered outsider to proud father and respected citizen. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. George Eliot intent in writing Silas Marner, the weaver of Raveloe, was to show that good. Description for Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback. ISBN: 9.79E+12 Pages: 288 pages Date: 2000.

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