Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe |
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| Author:
| Eliot, George |
| Editor:
| Cave, Terence |
| Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-283210-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $7.95 |
Book Description:
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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. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur: Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. This new edition, which is based on the carefully corrected text George Eliot prepared a few months after the first edition, is accompanied by an Introduction which illuminates the intellectual...
More DescriptionFalsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur: Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. This new edition, which is based on the carefully corrected text George Eliot prepared a few months after the first edition, is accompanied by an Introduction which illuminates the intellectual context of what has often been presented as a nostalgic, sentimental tale.