책소개
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
Silas Marner is driven into a thief who stole church money by a ruse by his friend William Dane. In addition, William takes away his fiancee Sarah and gets married. Silas Marner, who is no longer able to live in his hometown, goes to a new province called Raveloe. There, they enter a cabin where no one lives, weave looms, and take charge of the work of the villagers. He only works and lives for the money he has earned without having a smooth interpersonal relationship with everyone.