- Author : George Eliot
- Binding : Paperback
- Dewey Decimal Number : 813
- EAN : 9781414209722
- ISBN : 141420972X
- Label : IndyPublish
- List Price : $13.99 (USD)
- Manufacturer : IndyPublish
- Number Of Items : 1
- Number Of Pages : 184
- Package Dimensions : 0.60 inches (Height) x 8.90 inches (Length) x 0.50 pounds (Weight) x 5.90 inches (Width)
- Publication Date : 2003-12-01
- Publisher : IndyPublish
- Studio : IndyPublish
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. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur. Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. The imaginative control George Eliot displays as her narrative gradually reveals causes and connections has rarely beensurpassed.
- Product 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.
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Customer Reviews:
Customers rated Silas Marner 4.0 stars out of 5.0 based on 122 reviews:Great Listening
by Denise R. Miller - 2010-08-30
I read the book as a teen and enjoyed listening to it again. It is superbly done with great acting and music. I would recommend it to anyone who has to take a long trip either by land, air, or sea, as it helps to quickly pass the time.Sweet Story
by A. Luciano (Lowell, MA United States) - 2010-07-07
Silas Marner is a broken man. In training to be a religious man, he is falsely accused of being a thief and is betrayed by his best friend. Marner leaves town in disgrace and moves to a new place, where he mostly keeps to himself, weaving all day to make money. His gold, stored in a secret hole during the day and taken out to be stacked and counted in the evening, is his only companion. When Marner's money is stolen, his world is rocked again, and he lives in devastation and regret. But when an orphan appears in his cabin and nobody steps forward to claim her, Marner finally finds something of meaning in his life. This is a really sweet story of how a child's love can melt even the toughest of hearts. The path to Marner's destruction is long and heartbreaking, and my only complaint about the book is that there is so little about the life Silas and Eppie live together. I would have liked to have seen more of her growing up and the two of them forming a bond.Not a classic
by G. Kalemkerian (Ann Arbor, MI) - 2010-05-21
This book is billed as a reproduction of a classic edition of Silas Marner. It appears as is someone just scanned the pages of a classic edition and bound them together. There is no warmth to this edition. The pages are overwhelimingly bright white with a reproduced page in the middle. Doesn't even have a book title on the edge binding. This is not the edition for anyone who loves the warmth and comfort of reading classic books.Almost as good as the book
by Michele - 2010-02-07
As usual, Focus on the Family does a wonderful job at dramatizing this classic story. They use first-class voice actors and sound effects. However, this version does not quite reach the level of the original book. It is not that there is any lack of quality, but just that something is lost in translation when a book is dramatized. No matter how good a dramatization is, it loses some of the depth of the book. However, this dramatization is high-quality entertainment and I highly recommend it. But if you like this dramatized version of Silas Marner, then you will like the original novel even more.A charming, delightful book, as sad as it was.
by Christine Richardson (USA) - 2009-09-12
A charming, delightful book, as sad as it was. I just want to comment that this is a lovely edition of the book - well worth reading again.
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