Silas Marner: Literary Touchstone Edition - Softcover

George Eliot

3.68

87,192 ratings by Goodreads

9781580493451: Silas Marner: Literary Touchstone Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580493459 ISBN 13: 9781580493451

Publisher: Prestwick House, Inc., 2006

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic™ includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Eliot's subtle themes and language.

Silas Marner, which first appeared in 1861, is a tale about life, love, and the need to belong. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and unjustly forced from his home town, Silas lives a reclusive and godless life, finding love and companionship only in material objects. It will take the theft of his gold and the discovery of an abandoned infant to remind him of the importance of human relationships and faith.

Mary Ann Evans, writing under her pen name of George Eliot, carefully weaves the interaction of plot and character, and, in so doing, depicts Silas Marner's redemption and rebirth through his love and protection of the orphaned girl and the possibility of losing her. Throughout the book, Eliot also takes the opportunity to voice her feelings about industrialization, religion, and social class distinctions.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread.

From the Publisher:

Embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a long twilight life alone with his loom. . . and his gold. Silas hoards a treasure that kills his spirit until fate steals it from him and replaces it with a golden-haired founding child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are the secrets that permeate this moving tale of guilt and innocence. A moral allegory of the redemptive power of love, it is also a finely drawn picture of early nineteenth-century England in the days when spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses, and of a simple way of life that was soon to disappear.

"I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple, rounded, consummate aspect. . .which marks a classical work." -- Henry James

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

PublisherPrestwick House, Inc.
Publication date2006
ISBN 10 1580493459
ISBN 13 9781580493451
BindingPaperback
Number of pages192
Rating
- 3.68
  
  87,192 ratings by Goodreads

Buy New

Learn more about this copy

US$ 21.34

Convert currency

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

30 Day Return Policy

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780451530622: Silas Marner (Signet Classics)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10: 0451530624 ISBN 13: 9780451530622
Publisher: Signet, 2023
Softcover

Wordsw..., 1998
Softcover
Pengui..., 2003
Softcover
Pengui..., 2012
Softcover
Oxford..., 2017
Pocket Book

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image