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Silas Marner: Summary And Analysis, Author, Character|English Literature
Author
- Author – George Eliot
- Mary Ann Evans
- Seven novels
- Adam Bede (1859) , The Mill on the Floss (1860) , Silas Marner (1861) , Romola (1862 – 63) , Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) , Middlemarch (1871 – 72) and Daniel Deronda (1876) .
Summary
- Published in 1861
- “Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe” – third novel
- Silas - displaced from his former home - accused of stealing money from his chapel
- Becomes a weaver
- Works sixteen hours a day
- Two brothers live in Raveloe – Godfrey and Dunstan
- Godfrey has a secret wife - opium addict
- Dunstan – gambler, drunk and womanizer.
- Dunstan steals Silas՚s gold
- Molly carries her daughter in snow
- One year old girl wanders into Silas՚s house
- Named her Hephzibah, or Eppie
- Sixteen years later, Eppie has grown into a lovely girl.
- Dunstan is discovered clutching the bags of gold
- Godfrey confesses that he is Eppie՚s father.
- Godfrey and Eppie wants to adopt Eppie
- Eppie claims Silas as father
- Eppie and Aaron are married
- Live happily
MCQs
What does Silas name the one-year-old girl?
A. Nancy
B. Mila
C. Eppie
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