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Summary: From a freshman's point of view
Review: Silas Marner was a good book. I give it three stars because it is kind of hard to read and the beginning of the book was really weird, but the ending was pretty good. I give it a mixed review because the beginning of the book is very boring because all George Eliot writes about is Silas' life in Lantern Yard and the boring life he leads. The middle and the end are the best parts because they at least have some excitement with some people dying in the snow and the water. I think there should be some more action in the book like fights. I am a freshman in high school, and I thought that the book was kind of hard to read because of the long paragraphs and the hard vocabulary in the book. I do not recommend this book to high school freshman because it is hard to read and hard to follow. Silas Marner is a good book because it teaches you some lessons on life. It has some good morals like to think thoroughly before you marry or before you have kids. I think that George Eliot did a very good job of writing the story with the morals even with the hard vocabulary and the long chapters and paragraphs. I think George Eliot should have written about someone who actually lived around that time because it would have made it more interesting. She should have made the book she wrote more exciting than it was.
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Summary: Silas Marner
Review: Silas Marner is a pretty good book. It has some pretty good points to it because it is pretty realistic, but it has its monotonous spots to it too, like the introduction. Toward the end, the book improved though the beginning was pretty dull because there is so much background information. I wouldn't suggest this book to readers below eighth grade since the way it's written makes it a little hard to follow for younger readers. The novel, Silas Marner, could have more action in it because there wasn't much to keep me on the edge of my seat. The book also could have used some more dialogue between the characters; some of the paragraphs got pretty long and hard to understand. Younger readers would probably lose interest in it because the paragraphs are so extensive. Although the book gets pretty good toward the end, the person reading it has to be patient to reach the exceptional parts. Although it is very challenging, Silas Marner is still a fascinating book because it teaches a lot about trust. The end of the book is pretty commendable because it's suspenseful. I like it more than a lot of other books endings. This book had things transpire that may happen in real life, like the mom dying from an opium overdose. This novel is a really good book to teach about the way one would want to deal with people and the way one may want to be treated. I like this text because it is one of those books that anybody could be able to sit down and appreciate as long as he or she is an efficient reader.
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Summary: Still remembered.
Review: I read Silas Marner as a sophomore in high school and I still remember it today, as a senior about to graduate. The tale about a lonely old man, Silas, who lost his not only his faith in God but his most supposedly valuable treasure, his gold, learns that nothing can ever take the place of human love and companionship when he adopts Eppie. With her help, he learns to care about more than money, and a thrilling, touching novel is the result. When I was told to read this book, I automatically thought I wouldn't like it, since it was an assigned book. Instead, it has become one of my favorite novels of all time, right up there with Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet, and The Power and the Glory.
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Summary: Eliots best book
Review: I give the book Silas Marner a mixed review because although it is a good book with a lot of details, it is hard for younger people to understand. I am a freshman in high school and I found it difficult to read. Geoge Eliot has written a fable about Silas Marner. After his friend blackmails him, Silas moves to Raveloe after losing his faith in the Lord and starts a new life. He gets rich from weaving and becomes obsessed with his gold. His life starts to crumble after something happens and then it all comes back when a little girl with golden hair comes to his cottage. Silas Marner is not the best book because the narrator tried too pack to much information in to this book for how short it is. It is too hard for younger people to read because of the hard words like metamorphosis and the time period it is written in which was the Victorian age. Another bad thing about it is there are too many coincidences in it that makes it seem like a fairy tale; for example, like when Silas has his fits at the most convenient time in the plot. Some good things about the novel are that there are some good morals in it for people to learn. Eliot helps up realize the importance of love, trust and religion as Silas loses and gains these things back again. Some other morals that I learned from reading this book are not to keep lies from the people that you love and to always think about your decisions. All an all, Silas Marner is a good book. I think that George Eliot did a good job on this book.
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Summary: Silas Marner, from a kids point of view.
Review: Silas Marner is a very interesting book. It is filled with excitement and suspense. I liked the book very much, but as a freshman in high school, it was very hard for me to read. George Eliot uses a lot of dialect along with some Old English words in her lovable tale. Eliot tells the story of a lonely weaver. After getting betrayed by friends in his old town of Lantern Yard, Silas moves to the town of Raveloe searching for a new life. His delusions keep him from getting accepted into the Raveloe community. After losing his faith in God and having his money stolen he gets a very special gift from someone he doesn't know, a little baby girl with golden hair. After that things work out for Silas and Eppie. George Eliot tells her classic novel in great detail with a lot of adjectives and metaphors. She has made a great novel that while a challenge is good for everybody. Silas Marner is really easy to comprehend because it is so realistic. I live in a small town and it reminds me of Raveloe. Sometimes I imagine that I am in Silas Marner's place and all my friends are the villagers. I think about what I would do if I was in Marner's place. Eliot also created a great plot for this book. This classic is great because it teaches people about life. It teaches people not to be selfish and to be kind to people no matter how good you think you are. Eliot has made a great book that would be great to read as a family.
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Summary: As Usual, a suspenseful and Surprising Twist
Review: George Eliot never fails to entertain me, her books are a wonder and a glory to read just for the fun of it. SILAS MARNER is one of her shortest novels, but that doesn't keep it from being one of the best. Although I prefer ADAM BEDE, SILAS MARNER has that little charm in it, either you pity Silas and his daughter, or that snobby rich family who wants everything.
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Summary: MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
Review: This 19th century classic by George Eliot/Maryann Evans retains its timeless appeal; it charms and touches us no matter how jaded or sophisticated we consider ourselves. Perhaps the characters are something out of Dickens (in their extreem personality types and the idealized heroine). Yet this novel reaches our inner selves, where it is safe to applaud the unselfish and the compassionate, to appreciate social redemption and sincere devotion. Silas, a disillusioned weaver who lives the life of a recluse, has never been accepted by the villagers of Raveloe. Paid in gold for his fine cloth, Marner hoards most of it in an iron pot buried in the sand under his loom. Having lost faith in God, church and his fellow men because of a tragic injustice in his former town, he lavishes his lamentable affection on indifferent gold. Until it is stolen. The theft of this gold--his only friend as it were--leaves him desvastated. Yet fate seems to compensate him by the sudden apperance of a golden-curled baby, who toddles over his doorway one night when he is in a mild catatonic state. How Eppie pulls at his heart and transforms his miserable, miserly life is the soul of this novelette. Evans' weaves a tapestry of tenderness and redemption through juvenile affection. SILAS MARNER remains a contemplative read for students 14 and up, and for all who enjoy British classical literature. The action is in the Heart.
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Summary: Silas Marner, the most compasionate Eliot Work
Review: I loved the confusion in Adam Bede. And the hate and prejudice in The Mill on the Floss was astounding, even with all that, Silas Marner is the one that touched my heart and caused pain. This is a brilliant book by a brilliant author.
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Summary: I know what you mean by boring, but its a gift for essays
Review: As an A-level text there's plenty of material to discuss, I hope I pass. But in my opinion Nancy and Godfrey deserve each other in their stupid piety, Eppie is contrived and spouting with saccharine, the villagers are patronised, Molly is treated dreadfully, Dolly is held up as some kind of saint, Silas is treated like a freaky experiment subject to a string of highly unbelievable coincidences despite all Eliot's psycological reasoning. And all the time Eliot sits on her high horse above them. A large part seems to our ears to be sentimental tripe, for example Aaron's charming little carol..I'd love to hear what Goldsmith had to say about this purile pampering of the reader. I'll leave off what I think about portrayal of women in the novel before my blood boils....
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Summary: Unforgettable Story
Review: Very chilling tale. Written in a very true George Eliot/Maryann Evans tone. I recommend this for lovers of Eliot's novels (this one is rather short, but worth it) or readers new to classics.
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