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pgchuis 's review for:
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
I found the first few chapters very sad and had to force myself to keep reading after Silas' money was stolen. I'm glad I did, though: the scene where Silas tried to discipline Eppie by shutting her in the coal hole was worth the price of the book on its own. Evangelical religion came off very badly here, in contrast with in Adam Bede, and the Anglican faith of the villagers was so poorly understood by them as to to more or less worthless: they seem to have been naturally good.
High drama with a secret marriage, opium addiction and the discovery of a skeleton. You really feel how no one can have any secrets in a village. Short, but the ending was very satisfactory.
High drama with a secret marriage, opium addiction and the discovery of a skeleton. You really feel how no one can have any secrets in a village. Short, but the ending was very satisfactory.