Silas Marner (1861) - George Eliot

George Eliot

Public domain

Category: General Fiction

Narrator: Andrew Sachs

Tags: General Fiction, Classic, Adults

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins Original Release: Chivers Audio, 1999/BBC audio 2008 Reissue: Audible Studios Release date: 01-29-08, A moral allegory about the redemptive power of love., For 15 years the weaver Silas Marner has plied his loom near the village of Raveloe, alone and in exile, cut off from faith and human love, while amassing a hoard of golden guineas., The Marner is embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love and has retreated into a 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 foundling child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are secrets that permeate this moving tale of guilt and innocence., It is also a finely drawn picture of early nineteenth-century England and of a simple way of life that was soon to disappear as England becomes industrialized ., Silas Marner is considered a masterpiece of literature