This is a book which countless teenagers have been forced to read as part of the school syllabus. For some reason I didn't have to read it when I was at school. I'm glad that's the case, because I've a feeling this would not have appealed to me very much when I was a teenager. As has been the case w...
A strong 3.5 starsAs with Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, the only other Eliot book I’ve read thus far, _Silas Marner_ shows off just how keen an observer of human nature Eliot was both in the adept manner she has at detailing the psychological motivations of her characters’ actions and in ...
Silas Marner is a classic tale of redemption and questions in many ways what true family is. The novel also deals with the conflict between religion and love something that interests me very much even as a Christian. On the whole while I found it slightly dated and in places overly simple I also adm...
This short classic novel reads almost like a fairy tale. Silas Marner is a miser who weaves during the day and counts his gold every night. He is a bitter recluse and lives alone in the world. All this changes when his gold and stolen. What seems at first to be misfortune, changes Marner's life ...
I’ll try to do this without spoilers. Just when I thought the story was leading to a dramatic conflict, it didn’t. Then when the climactic point of the book finally arrived, it was built up to a confrontation consisting of a mildly impolite conversation. Those Victorians. However, I don’t mean ...
Silas Marner at it's core is a story of loss, regret and redemption. The title character is a weaver who looses everything - his job, his love, and the respect of his community. Brokenhearted he leaves his home and moves to a land as different from all he knows as possible. He is looked upon with ...
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