Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 2-364 pp. Brown publisher's cloth with borders and designs stamped in blind on the boards, gold lettering and sparse gold decoration on the spine. Later blue endpapers and pastedowns. Carter binding B. Without the publisher's advertisements. Carter 110-112. Sadleir 819. Wolff 2063. A Victorian novel with more than meets the eye: Eliot's motifs of destructive industrialization in the nineteenth century, honesty, piety, and persistence color the story of Silas the weaver. The craftsman's life begins with turbulence, but Eliot's character learns to find happiness and fulfillment in unexpected places and in chance encounters with vulnerable people. A classic work of Victorian literature. Very Good. Item #000016647
Likely recased with later endpapers and pastedowns. Rubbing to the corners and to the foot of the spine. The leaves are clean.
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