George Eliot

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an unusual woman at any time, particularly so for her day. She was born in 1819, received an excellent education, lived a full life, and wrote widely and successfully. Her best remembered book is SILAS MARNER. SILAS MARNER becomes a compendium of virtues whose lot is to …