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- Author
- George Eliot
- First published
- 1800
- Editions
- 628
- Subjects
- Weavers, Social life and customs, Conduct of life, Foundlings, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, Fathers and daughters, Country life
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Wikidata facts
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- #550
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- George Eliot
- Genre
- novel of manners
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Followed by
- Romola
- Follows
- The Mill on the Floss
- Image
- Silas Marner 1.jpg
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- form of creative work
- novel
- title
- Silas Marner
- subtitle
- The Weaver of Raveloe
- publication date
- 1861-00-00
- Commons category
- Silas Marner
- language of work or name
- English language
- copyright status
- public domain
- first line
- In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses-- and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak-- there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.
- last line
- “O father,” said Eppie, “what a pretty home ours is! I think nobody could be happier than we are.”
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