Silas Marner

by George Eliot, David Carroll (Introduction), David Carroll (Noted by)

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141439754
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/29/2003
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	67,928
Product dimensions:	5.05(w) x 7.76(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator and later editor of the Westminster Review. In 1857, she published SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE, the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of 'George Eliot', including THE MILL ON THE FLOSS, MIDDLEMARCH, and DANIEL DERONDA. David Carroll taught at Lancaster University.

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Table of Contents

Plot synopsis
who's who in "Silas Marner"
themes and images in "Silas Marner"
text commentary
self-test questions
self-test answers
writing an examination essay.

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher

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

This novel about redemption and renewal is an excellent example of Victorian literature as well as a perfect illustration of Eliot’s elegant and incisive prose.”

writer and translator Michelle Bailat-Jones

A complex, sympathetic portrait of a good man who was forced by his tightly circumscribed society into being a loner, an embittered outsider.”

New York Times

Proof that a life going badly wrong can, by good fortune and an answering faith and determination, be put triumphantly right.”

Independent (London)

In Eliot’s classic, a bitter man finds happiness in the adoption of an orphaned child. Narrator Anna Bentinck’s pleasant cadence immediately draws listeners into the story. Because Eliot includes a diverse cast of characters, from illiterate farmers to country squires, Bentinck is frequently called upon to deliver unique accents and personalities. She does so splendidly. At one moment, she portrays the cautious yet thoughtful weaver, Silas Marner, and at another, the bold and provoking young squire, Dunstan Cass. Bentinck seamlessly executes conversations between characters so that the dialogue flows naturally. The novel delves into the secrets and passions of human nature, and Bentinck’s energetic, sincere reading animates Eliot’s touching story. D.M.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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