Eliot's touching novel of a miser and a little child combines the charm of a fairy tale with the humor and pathos of realistic fiction. The gentle linen weaver, Silas Marner, exiles himself to the town of Raveloe after being falsely accused of a heinous theft. There he begins to find redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child he discovers in his isolated cottage.
Adaptations (2)
Silas Marner has been adapted into 2 films, from 1916 to 1922.
Silas Marner1916 · film · 44 min · dir. Ernest C. Warde · IMDb ↗IMDb4.6After having been wrongly accused of murder and robbery, a heretofore kindly and gregarious weaver becomes a nasty, bitter, lonely old miser. Originally a seven-reel picture, a three-reel re-release survives.
Silas Marner1922 · film · 70 min · dir. Frank P. Donovan · IMDb ↗After being wrongly accused of robbery and murder, a kind, gregarious weaver becomes a nasty, bitter, lonely old miser.
