Product Description Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. It is an outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, but notable for its strong realism and sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialization to community. Eliot combines symbolism with a historically precise setting to create a tale of love and hope. On one level, the book has a strong moral tract: The bad character Dunstan Cass, gets his just desserts, while the pitiable character, Silas Marner, is ultimately richly rewarded and his miserliness corrected. The novel explores the issues of redemptive love, the notion of community, the role of religion, the status of the gentry and family together with the impacts of industrialization. While religion and religious devotion play a strong part in this text, Eliot concerns herself with matters of ethics and interdependence of faith and community.The novel was adapted for film in 1916. The film was produced by the Thanhouser Film corporation and is today considered to be a lost film. About the Author George Eliot, that is, Mary Anne Evans, was born on 22 November, 1819 in Warwickshire, England of parents Robert Evans and Christiana Isaac. Mary Anne Evans, alternatively ‘Mary Ann’ or ‘Marian’, 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 (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch(1871-72) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Most of these novels are set in provincial England and are known for their realism and psychological insight.George Eliot used a male pen name 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 light hearted romances. Adopting this pen name may also be due to her 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. George Eliot died on 22 December 1880 (aged 61) and lies buried in Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London.