Silas Marner

<p>In this heartwarming classic by George Eliot a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft actually committed by his best friend. Exiling himself to the rustic village of Raveloe he becomes a lonely recluse. Ultimately Marner finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day in his isolated cottage.</p><p><br></p><p>Somber yet hopeful Eliot's realistic depiction of an irretrievable past tempered with the magical elements of myth and fairy tale remains timeless in its understanding of human nature and has been beloved for generations.</p>