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Silas Marner

Silas Marner
George Eliot

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.

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“Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand - …”

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Source: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861), Chapter 18 (at page 163)

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“Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings.”

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“Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.”

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“A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.”

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