In addition, the narration in the text is from the omniscient perspective, going into the minds of the characters and describing what they are seeing, feeling and thinking also, what they are failing to see, feel or think. Just like the dominant features of novel writing in the 19 th century, there is the dominant representation of the common everyday life rather than the description of the upper echelons in the society.

The genre of Silas Marner can be considered as Realism the realist aspects is evident in the style of writing as Eliot focuses on the everyday facts of village life through the descriptions of the characters’ daily activities.

To get away from the stereotype of women’s writing being limited to lighthearted romances and wanting to have her fiction assessed separately from her already existing and extensive works as an editor and critic, she wrote this novel bearing the name George Eliot. This novel was written in 1860 by the English novelist, Mary Ann Evans under the pseudonym, George Eliot. As his love for Eppie grows in leaps and bounds, he gradually fraternises with the members of the society. He is ultimately redeemed through his love for Eppie and brings her up as his own child. Disaster strikes again as his gold is stolen but his discovery of a golden-haired baby girl who he considers as his sister who has come back to him in a dream, makes a huge difference in his life. He goes on to live a solitary life, segregates himself from the society and disconnects himself from his youthful faith in God. This is the story of the eponymous character, Silas Marner, in George Eliot’s Victorian text.

Imagine being framed up for a theft crime you did not commit and your fiancée breaking off her engagement to you to marry your best friend.

Silas marner the weaver of raveloe