Silas Marner

Silas Marner is betrayed by a trusted friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit resulting in his expulsion from his religious community — the only community he has ever known. He exiles himself in the remote village of Raveloe. This is the captivating tale of the lonely and embittered country weaver whose life is drastically changed when he becomes the guardian of an orphaned child. Eliot's masterly portrait of moral and psychological behavior is also a novel about faith and society se...