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Silas Marner
- Author
- George Eliot
- Narrator
- Jan Francis
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Jan Francis, star of Just Good Friends. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by David Carroll.
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
(c) George Eliot 1861 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
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Details
- Author
- George Eliot
- Narrator
- Jan Francis
- Duration
- 8 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9780241422502
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Jan Francis, star of Just Good Friends. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by David Carroll.Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.(c) George Eliot 1861 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
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