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Silas sinks into a deep gloom, despite the villagers' attempts to aid him. Dunsey disappears, but little is made of this t unusual behaviour, and association is made between him and the theft. Godfrey Cass, Dunsey's elder brother, also harbours a secret. He is married to, but estranged from, Molly Farren, an opium-addicted woman of low birth living in ather town. This secret prevents Godfrey from marrying Nancy Lammeter, a young woman of high social and moral standing.
On a winter's night, Molly tries to make her way to Squire Cass's New Year's Eve party with her two-year-old girl to anunce that she is Godfrey's wife and ruin him. On the way, she takes opium and lies down in the sw.
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The child wanders away and into Silas' house. Silas follows her tracks in the sw and discovers the woman dead. When he goes to the party for help, Godfrey heads to the scene, but resolves to tell one that Molly was his wife. Molly's death conveniently puts an end to the marriage.
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Silas keeps the child and names her Eppie, after his deceased mother and sister, both named Hephzibah. Eppie changes Silas' life completely. Silas has been robbed of his material gold, but has it returned to him symbolically in the form of the golden-haired child. Godfrey Cass is w free to marry Nancy, but continues to conceal the fact of his previous marriage-and child-from her. However, he aids Marner in caring for Eppie with occasional financial gifts. What makes Biblio different? Sign In Register Help Cart 0. This copy of Silas Marner: Silas Marner By Eliot, George.
Summary Discuss Reviews 0 Silas Marner: Log-in or create an account first! William Blackwood and Sons, Octavo 21 x 14cm , pp. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Gilbey to front pastedown, neat ownership above. Textblock marginally toned, front hinge starting. Cloth rubbed to spine ends, and corners, a few small marks to boards, some wrinkling to the slightly darkened spine, bottom slightly compacted. A nice clean copy in the original binding. The classic tale of a misanthropic miser, warped by heartbreak and betrayal, whose character is redeemed by the chance adoption of an orphaned girl.
Adrian Harrington Rare Books. The Weaver of Raveloe. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth Carter A, no priority established with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Neat ink presentation dated on front free-endpaper.
Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Rear inner hinge just starting, some light foxing. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slip-case. The advertisements are in placing "b" eight plus two leaves, at rear, with the advertisements for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle following the publisher's catalogue , and the "New Works" list is in the earlier form, with pp. Carter, Binding Variants, pp. Mary Ann Evans , known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede , The Mill on the Floss , Silas Marner , Middlemarch , and Daniel Deronda , most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances.
She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.
The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 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. David Brass Rare Books, Inc. Carter's binding "A", which is the preferred and much more elaborate.
With Blackwood and Carlyle ads at the rear which only appear in some copies. Octavo, original orange cloth. In near fine condition with minor wear. Raptis Rare Books Published: Terra Cotta embossed cloth with gilt titles on spine. Includes ad for "Autobiography of Rev. Alexander Carlyle" listing the second edition for sale. Very early state of the 1st. A beautiful copy with some edgewear and minor foxing to prelims. Hardcover in good condition. Senhouse's notes pencilled on BEP. Boards and spine are marked and discoloured.
Gilt text on spine is partially obscured. Minor paper residue on front board. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn, bumped and torn. Five centimetre tear and smaller tears on spine sides. Spine ends and leading corners are nicked. Page block and pages are tanned, marked and rought cut. Ink on front pastedown and FEP.
Light creases and marginalia in pencil and crayon on a few pages.
Splits on pastedown hinges and between some pages. First Edition, in very early state, the ads for the "New Works" pages being in the earliest state, with the preferred "A" state of the binding, the two leaves of ads for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr. At one time the gilt might have one time been overlaid but if so, the gilt is no longer present.
A nice copy, the text very fresh with no foxing, the cloth only lightly mellowed by age, the spine with light wear as typical, the front hinge refurbished with cinnamon cloth laid under. An interesting autograph presentation letter offering the book as a gift is tipped in between the title and half title. While outwardly the simple tale of a linen weaver, it was groundbreaking for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion, to industrialization, and to community.
It is also only the third novel published by the author. With this copy is included an interesting autograph letter dated April from Sir Godfrey Lushington to an American friend with which he sends this "last work of George Eliot - It is for you, Mr. Lord, in fact for all of you. I can only say I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It will be worth paying a good price to get rid of slavery. Unrestored with very minimal fading and wear, just slightly cocked. Gilted spine a bit dulled. Internally some light scattered foxing, former owner's bookplate, otherwise a very handsome copy.
George Eliot was the pen name for by Mary Anne Evans, a top writer of the Victorian Era who chose to write under a male pseudonym so that her works would be taken more seriously. In addition to writing novels, she edited and contributed to the left-wing journal The Westminster Review as one of the only female editors of her time.
Her novels were praised for being socially and politically conscious and realistic depictions of country life. Silas Marner is a miser and recluse in the small town of Raveloe.
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His world is completely changed when he adopts an orphan, Eppie. While caring for Eppie, Silas learns the power of love and becomes accepted by his community.. Publisher's original cinnamon wavy-grain cloth Carter B binding, no priority established, with less elaborate gilt stamping to spine. About Very Good with light soiling, dimpling to spine cloth and wear to at corners and spine ends.
Previous owner book plate to front paste down, front inner hinge a little tender, pages moderately foxed and thumbed "Light written in pencil on the back fly is: Well-preserved first edition of what is arguably Eliot's most complex novel, long the bane of middle-school readers to whom it has been thoughtlessly prescribed as a moral tonic. This copy with an interesting contemporary ownership inscription dated in the month of publication.
Early ownership signature "J. Wharton Duff, Aston House, April 6, " on tipped-in leaf between front endpaper and half-title. Slight wear to spine ends and corners; gilt a trifle dull; clean repair to rear hinge; still a tight, attractive, Very Good copy. Lorne Bair Rare Books Published: Five star seller - Buy with confidence! Crown octavo 20 x 14cm , pp. Elegantly rebound in the early twentieth century in dark green half crushed morocco, full gilt backs, moire silk-covered sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original yellow endpaper and russet cloth covers bound in.
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Binding nicely aged to brown on spine, some wear to top corners. This copy with half-title and the scarce 4-page advert for the 'autobiography' bound in at front, plus regular page catalogue at rear A vintage receipt for the sale of this book is loosely inserted. Mary Ann Evans began her literary career as a translator and later editor of the Westminster Review. In , she published 'Scenes of Clerical Life', the first of eight novels she would write under the name of 'George Eliot' including the important 'Middlemarch', and the popular 'Silas Marner', which was the author's own favourite. The novel centres on Silas Marner, the linen weaver of Raveloe, a village on the brink of industrialization.
George Eliot's affectionate but unsentimental portrait of rural life combines irony, humour and sharp social comment. Above all, she demonstrates a profound and enduring knowledge of the human mind and heart.