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A solitary, wronged weaver lives a narrow, withdrawn life in an out-of-the-way village, finding security in the accumulation of his hoarded savings until those savings are stolen. After the loss, an abandoned child arrives and his reluctant protection grows into devoted parenthood, restoring his ties to neighbors and softening his previously rigid mistrust. Parallel threads follow the child’s true origins and the hesitant choices of her biological family, contrasting private shame and social appearance. The narrative examines isolation, moral recovery, the healing power of domestic affection, and the tensions between money, community, and human belonging.

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Title: Silas Marner

Author: George Eliot

Release date: June 1, 1996 [eBook #550]
Most recently updated: October 27, 2025

Language: English

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Silas Marner

The Weaver of Raveloe
by George Eliot
(Mary Anne Evans)
1861

“A child, more than all other gifts
That earth can offer to declining man,
Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts.”
—WORDSWORTH.