Silas Marner is a grumpy weaver who is obsessed with making a lot of money. After he is accused of theft his fiancee leaves him, and he has little use for other human beings especially those who are religious. Later someone steals a large bag of cash he has kept in his home making his life more miserable. As the years pass, Silas adopts a young girl Eppie whose mother has died in a drunken stupor, and he becomes a compassionate human being again.
year: 1986, 1963, 1975, 1992, 2006, 2005, 1996, 1993, 1981, 1999, 1983, 2007, 1948, 1978, 1987, 1977, 1961, 1965
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: interpersonal relations, fiction, england, social life and customs, 19th century, fiction, fathers and daughters, england, father-daughter relationship, domestic fiction, orphans, country life, weavers, pastoral fiction, adopted children, foundlings, great britain, fiction, men, books and reading, mr. brown, father-child relationship, domestic fiction
Editions
Eliot, George
Reader's Digest Association (1986)
Schools: 3
Eliot, George
Airmont Books (1963)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Pocket Books (1975)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Bantam Books (1992)
A bitter man living alone with his hoard of gold learns about the power of love when his riches are stolen and a beautiful child is left on his doorstep.
Schools: 2
Eliot, George
Prestwick House (2006)
After hiding himself from society for several years, the town weaver discovers that his gold is missing and a young girl has been placed on his doorstep to take its place.
Schools: 2
Eliot, George
Pocket Books (2005)
Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.
Schools: 2
Eliot, George
Dover Publications (1996)
A bitter man living alone with his hoard of gold learns about the power of love after he loses his wealth and takes in an orphan girl who grows up and continues to care for him.
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Brilliance Audio (1993)
Silas hoards a treasure that destroys his spirit until fate steals it from him and replaces it with a golden-haired child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are the secrets that fill this moving tale of guilt and innocence.
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
New American Library (1981)
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Signet Classic (1999)
The story of a young linen-weaver whose dreams are destroyed when he is falsely accused of a crime.
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Troll Associates (1983)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Signet Classics (2007)
The story of a young linen-weaver whose dreams are destroyed when he is falsely accused of a crime.
Schools: 2
Eliot, George
Penguin
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Dodd, Mead (1948)
This is a classic tale of a boy's rite of passage, dramatically heightened by the terrifying struggle the boy, Natty Dunston, must undergo at the hands of his tyrannical father.
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Zodiac Press (1978)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
CBS/FOX Video (1987)
The story of a young linen-weaver whose dreams are destroyed when he is falsely accused of a crime. Isolating himself, he becomes a selfish and despondent miser. Despair turns to hope when he adopts an abandoned child, but their happiness may end when her real father returns. Starring Ben Kingsley and Jenny Agutter.
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Bantam
Schools: 0
Eliot
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Dutton (1977)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Harper & Brother (1961)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Harper (1965)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Harper (1965)
Schools: 0
Eliot, George
Bantam
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Silas Marner is a grumpy weaver who is obsessed with making a lot of money. After he is accused of theft his fiancee leaves him, and he has little use for other human beings especially those who are religious. Later someone steals a large bag of cash he has kept in his home making his life more miserable. As the years pass, Silas adopts a young girl Eppie whose mother has died in a drunken stupor, and he becomes a compassionate human being again.
Schools: 1
Eliot, George
Schools: 0
Eliot
Schools: 1