TY - BOOK AU - Eliot, George AU - Cave, Terence, ed. TI - Silas mariner: the weaver of Raveloe T2 - Oxford World's Classics SN - 0192834584 U1 - 823.8 PY - 0000///Oxford University Press CY - Oxford PB - 1998 KW - English literature- Fiction KW - England KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Weavers KW - Adopted children KW - Foundlings KW - Manners and customs KW - English literature KW - Silas Marner (Eliot, George) N2 - Falsely accused of theft, Silas Marner is cut off from his community but finds refuge in the village of Raveloe, where he is eyed with distant suspicion. Like a spider from a fairy-tale, Silas fills fifteen monotonous years with weaving and accumulating gold. The son of the wealthy local Squire, Godfrey Cass also seeks an escape from his past. One snowy winter, two events change the course of their lives: Silas's gold is stolen and, a child crawls across his threshold ER -