Silas Marner

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Silas Marner

by George Eliot

EN·~6 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total

CHAPTER I.

25:55

CHAPTER II.

18:33

CHAPTER III.

25:44

CHAPTER IV.

16:23

CHAPTER V.

11:26

CHAPTER VI.

22:02

CHAPTER VII.

11:27

CHAPTER VIII.

18:35

CHAPTER IX.

15:12

CHAPTER X.

33:29

Description

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.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (391K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

1996-06-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

George Eliot

George Eliot

1819–1880

A sharp-eyed Victorian novelist who wrote under a pen name, she brought unusual emotional depth and moral complexity to stories of ordinary lives. Her books, especially Middlemarch, are still loved for their realism, intelligence, and sympathy.

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