
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
Silas Marner lives a solitary life on the edge of the village, his days consumed by the steady rhythm of his loom. Once a respected member of his community, a false accusation forces him into exile, and he retreats to a modest stone cottage where he finds comfort only in the quiet clink of gold he secretly hoards. His isolation deepens as the townsfolk regard him with suspicion, and the steady hum of his weaving becomes both his refuge and his burden.
One quiet winter evening, a small, abandoned child appears at Silas’s doorstep, turning his world upside down. The unexpected presence of the infant awakens feelings long buried, offering a fragile but powerful promise of connection and purpose. As Silas grapples with his newfound responsibility, the simple act of caring begins to stitch together the torn edges of his once‑hardened heart.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (391K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
1996-06-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1819–1880
A master of the Victorian novel, this writer brought extraordinary psychological depth and moral complexity to stories of ordinary lives. Best known for Middlemarch, she also gave readers enduring classics like Silas Marner and The Mill on the Floss.
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