织工马南传 Silas Marner

ExiledbysuperstitionandbetrayalfromLanternYard,andcutofffromfaithandhumanlove,forfifteenyearsthesolitarysimple-heartedweaverSilasMarnerhaspliedhisloominRaveloeanddevotedhimselftotheamassingofahoardofgoldenguineas.Silas'schanceofredemption,whenitappearsoneNewYear'sEve,isintimatelyconnectedwiththefateofGodfreyCass,sonofthevillageSquire.Clandestinelymarried,thenblackmailedbyhisdissolutebrotherDunstan,GodfreylikeSilashasbeentrappedbyhispast,fromwhichheisseekingtoescape.Humorous,richlysymbolic,subtlycharacterizedandmeticulouslyplotted,GeorgeEliot's'suddeninspiration'inthisslimnovelofruralEnglandcutacrossherplansforRomola,hervastItalianRenaissanceepic.