Silas Marner
Eliot, George, 1819-18802003
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This novel was George Eliot's favourite. It concerns a bitter weaver who takes on a young orphan girl and gradually transforms his own life and that of the girl. The novel combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental portrait of rural English life.
Main title:
Silas Marner / George Eliot.
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Edition:
New ed. / with an introduction by David Carroll.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2003.
Collation:
256 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Penguin 1996 version, reissued with new chronology and 1967 Penguin classics introduction by Q.D. Leavis. - Originally published: Edinburgh : Blackwood, 1861.
ISBN:
9780141439754 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8FICTIONF
Local class:
F
Language:
English
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BRN:
33891