{"product_id":"9781593082512","title":"Silas Marner and Two Short Stories (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eSilas Marner and Two Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e’s third novel, \u003ci\u003eSilas Marner\u003c\/i\u003e (1861) is a powerful and moving tale about one man’s journey from exile and loneliness to the warmth and joy of the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story opens as Silas Marner, falsely accused of theft, loses everything, including his faith in God. Embittered and alienated from his fellow man, he moves to the village of Raveloe, where he becomes a weaver. Taking refuge in his work, Silas slowly begins to accumulate gold—his only joy in life—until one day that too is stolen from him. Then one dark evening, a beautiful, golden-haired child, lost and seeing the light from Silas’s cottage, toddles in through his doorway. As Silas grows to love the girl as if she were his own daughter, his life changes into something precious. But his happiness is threatened when the orphan’s real father comes to claim the girl as his own, and Silas must face losing a treasure greater than all the gold in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume also includes two shorter works by Eliot—\u003ci\u003eThe Lifted Veil\u003c\/i\u003e, a dark Gothic fantasy about a morbid young clairvoyant, and \u003ci\u003eBrother Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e, a deliciously satirical fable about a confectioner’s apprentice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is Kenneth Burke Professor of English Literature at Rutgers University, and director of the University’s Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture. He has written extensively about Victorian literature and culture, and has for a long time focused attention on Darwin and the relations between science and literature, particularly in his \u003ci\u003eDarwin and the Novelists\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written and edited many books, on subjects ranging from Frankenstein to the works of Thomas Pynchon. Most recently, he has edited \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to George Eliot\u003c\/i\u003e and written a study of Victorian scientific thought and literature, \u003ci\u003eDying to Know\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031138058480,"sku":"9781593082512","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593082512_p0.jpg?v=1763812655","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593082512","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}