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Line 10: \| genre = \| publication date = 1861 \| source page exists = y \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} ''[['''Silas Marner]]''''' is an 1861 novel written by [[George Eliot]]. Unlike other Eliot novels, ''Silas Marner'' is a very compact book with a straightforward narrative and very few subplots. It concerns Marner, a weaver unfairly forced out of his home village after being framed for robbery. Moving to the small town of Raveloe, he leads a quiet, lonely life where he hoards his money and is treated with suspicion by the townspeople until he is struck by tragedy, and then redemption, shortly thereafter. It is now in the public domain, and can be read in its entirety [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/550 ~~here~~at Project Gutenberg] or [[{{PAGENAME}}/Source\|at All The Tropes]].▼ ▲It is now in the public domain, and can be read in its entirety [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/550 here]. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Blackmail]]: Dunstan to Godfrey Line 32: * [[The Seven Basic Plots]]: Booker uses this tale as a prime example of how the Rebirth plot doesn't have to involve a romance - instead of a love interest, this story uses a child to touch the heart of poor Silas and bring him back to an enjoyment of life. {{The Big Read}}▼ {{reflist}} ▲{{The Big Read}} [[Category:~~Silas Marner~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Literature of the 19th century]] [[Category:Public Domain]] ▲[[Category:Silas Marner]] [[Category:Literature]]