George Eliot's novel Silas Marner...
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George Eliot's novel Silas Marner tells the story of a misanthropic hermit who lives in a cottage in the woods, working at his weaving loom and hiding his gold under the hearthstone. Then one winter night a distraught and dying mother leaves her golden-haired baby in Marner's cottage. He finds the child and comes to believe that God has sent it to him. He names it Eppie and devotes his time and effort to caring for her as she grows to become a beautiful young woman --identified finally as the illegitimate daughter of the town's richest man and principal landowner. Although Eppie is offered wealth and social position by her natural father, she chooses instead to stay with Silas and to care for him in his declining years.
George Eliot's real name was Mary Ann Evans. Although her later life defied some social conventions, she was reared in a strict evangelical atmosphere; her first literary work was a translation of a German "Life of Jesus." Is it possible that Silas Marner was written to show the transformed life that can come when someone receives a little child in the name of Jesus? As it changed the life of Silas Marner, so it can also change other lives!
George Eliot's real name was Mary Ann Evans. Although her later life defied some social conventions, she was reared in a strict evangelical atmosphere; her first literary work was a translation of a German "Life of Jesus." Is it possible that Silas Marner was written to show the transformed life that can come when someone receives a little child in the name of Jesus? As it changed the life of Silas Marner, so it can also change other lives!
