Silas Marner
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4.0 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Very good for school
Be careful if you struggle listening to audio books with accents
Lika a story-teller. Like a dream. Very Pleasant.
This is a thoughtful reading, though I have not yet listened to it through. I have listened to portions of several different audiobook versions of Silas Marner, some of them "Cold" readings, without preparation. This one seems well thought out, intuitive & giving a sense of the times in which the story takes place. The reader* gives the feeling more of a story-teller, one who has told the tale many times before, than of someone who only just that morning decided they would read it cold for the challenge of the 6-10 hours the task would take. The only other reviewer spoke of the reader's accent. I found it pleasant & addictive. It should not take a listener long to tune their ear to the lilt, tempo & pronunciations. Relax, & imagine you have gone to visit a grand uncle somewhere in the North of the British Isles, on a late autumn eve, & there is no electricity, only the warmth & glow of the coals or peat in the fireplace, & a soft blanket of wool about you. And you've curled up beside the rocker where your grand uncle sits too enrapt with the telling to light his long clay pipe. Then dream the tale along with his mellow voice. *Please note: It is from a Libervox, read by Tadhg Hynes (Sounds like Tig [as in Tiger] Hines) and not Tim Miller.