Standing apart from the voluminous (occasionally tedious) works that are [b:Daniel Deronda|374414|Daniel Deronda|George Eliot|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1285748480l/374414._SY75_.jpg|313957] and [b:Middlemarch|271276|Middlemarch|George Eliot|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1368564098l/271276._SY75_.jpg|1461747], Eliot's compact and finely-crafted narrative of loss and redemption reminds me why I love words and well-told tales.

A friend gave me a copy and I happily devoured it in two sittings.

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I really enjoyed this book. Like with all of Eliots works there is a moral tone to the work, but that does nothing to diminish the story.

Poor Silas has to go through trials but is fortunate of recognising a blessing when is unexpectidly lands in his lap. The weavers moral code is in sharp contrast to that of the squires son's, who Eliot ensures get their just deserts in the end. ( )

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This was a required reading book for one of my High School English classes. I was just reminded of it by a friend who read it recently.

Unfortunately, I struggle to remember much about it beyond remembering that we discussed that George Eliot was a pen name. ( )

This is an excellent smaller Eliot novel - less of a commitment than Middlemarch, but still a perfectly formed portrait of a community and the relationships between neighbours and family members. Silas Marner himself is a very peculiar character really, outcast from his old community, isolated in his new one, weaving and obsessing over his gold. But then he undergoes a vaguely inexplicable transformation when he accidentally adopts a young child. It's a rather lovely story, and a satisfying plot, all beautifully written. ( )