{"product_id":"9781433244551","title":"Silas Marner","description":"Embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a long twilight life alone with his loom...and his gold. Silas hoards a treasure that kills his spirit until fate steals it from him and replaces it with a golden-haired founding child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are the secrets that permeate this moving tale of guilt and innocence. A moral allegory of the redemptive power of love, it is also a finely drawn picture of early nineteenth-century England in the days when spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses, and of a simple way of life that was soon to disappear.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I think \u003ci\u003eSilas Marner\u003c\/i\u003e holds a higher place than any of the author's works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple, rounded, consummate aspect....which marks a classical work.'—Henry James  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094532604144,"sku":"9781433244551","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433244551_p0.jpg?v=1763751692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433244551","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}