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Silas Marner (Penguin English Library)[织工马南]

内容简介

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofSilasMarnerbyGeorgeEliot."Godgavehertomebecauseyouturnedyourbackuponher,andHelooksuponherasmine:you'venorighttoher!"Wronglyaccusedoftheftandexiledfromareligiouscommunitymanyyearsbefore,theembitteredweaverSilasMarnerlivesaloneinRaveloe,livingonlyforworkandhisprecioushoardofmoney.Butwhenhismoneyisstolenandanorphanedchildfindsherwayintohishouse,Silasisgiventhechancetotransformhislife.Hisfate,andthatofthelittlegirlheadopts,isentwinedwithGodfreyCass,sonofthevillageSquire,who,likeSilas,istrappedbyhispast.SilasMarner,GeorgeEliot'sfavouriteofhernovels,combineshumour,richsymbolismandpointedsocialcriticismtocreateanunsentimentalbutaffectionateportraitofrurallife.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

MaryAnnEvans(GeorgeEliot)(1819-80)wasaphilosopher,journalistandtranslatorbeforeshebecameanovelist,herfirststoriesbeingpublishedin1856.Sheledanunconventionallife,co-editingtheliberaljournalTheWestminsterReviewforthreeyearsandlivingfortwentyyearswiththemarriedmanandphilosopherGeorgeHenryLewes.Hernovelsareamongthegreatestofthenineteenthcentury.SilasMarner,MiddlemarchandDanielDerondaarealsopublishedinthePenguinEnglishLibrary.

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