This is a short classic novel that I read during college and became a big fan of the author. The author is really Mary Ann Evans. She used the pseudonym 
George Eliot to publish her novels. Her novel Middlemarch can be found on many classic literature reading lists. Silas Marner was modernized in the motion picture "A Simple Twist of Fate" starring Steve Martin and Gabriel Byrne.
George Eliot to publish her novels. Her novel Middlemarch can be found on many classic literature reading lists. Silas Marner was modernized in the motion picture "A Simple Twist of Fate" starring Steve Martin and Gabriel Byrne.Silas Marner is a weaver who lives as a recluse in the woods behind town. Over the years he has hoarded his earnings and saved quite a substantial fortune. One fateful night, Marner returns home to find his fortune missing and an infant sitting in it's place. The novel covers Marner's transformation from a grumpy recluse to a single father who becomes treasured by the townsfolk.
Similar Novels: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Length: 183 pages
Copyright: 1861
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Lizzie - if you are interested, I would love to make an El Centro book club. We could have a blog as our homebase, that we are all authors of, and then do a get-together every month or every other month. We could all take turns choosing the next book and then take a month to discuss it. Eh??? I think it sounds like a blast. :)
Let me rephrase: Take a month to READ and DISCUSS.
Ooooh, we'd need a catchy name...
If you're in, anyway. :) I bet we could get some ladies in the stake involved, too.
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