Silas Marner

Falsely accused of theft and cast out by his chapel, the weaver Silas Marner retreats to the village of Raveloe, where he lives alone for fifteen years, hoarding his gold. When his treasure is stolen and a golden-haired orphan toddles into his cottage on a winter’s night, Silas’s bitter, solitary life begins to change.

Published in 1861, Silas Marner is George Eliot’s tender and compact tale of loss, redemption, and the power of love to restore a broken heart.