by George Eliot · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140434804
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Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. The story focuses on Silas Marner, a weaver who, after being falsely accused of theft, isolates himself from the world and dedicates himself to accumulating gold. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he finds an abandoned girl whom he decides to raise as his own daughter. Through this relationship, Silas regains his faith in humanity and finds a new purpose in life. The novel explores themes such as redemption, community, and the importance of family ties.
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Her novels are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place, and detailed depiction of the countryside. Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.
