"The fotunes of Silas Marner" by George Eliot.

A Study into the Fortunes of Silas Marner. George Eliot wrote Silas Marner in 1861. It is set in a time before the Industrial Revolution, a world that our society is unaware of. It is in a time where cloth was made at home in a weaver's cottage, rather than in large factories of mass production. Silas is a cottage weaver. Silas Marner's fortunes throughout the book are many and varied. Although throughout the story he …

…introduced to at the beginning of this book. Silas ends up a man that 'had brought a blessing on himself by acting like a father to a lone, motherless child'. This story shows that good can come out of misfortune and hope can come out of despair. As Wordsworth once said: 'A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer a declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts'. written by Nettles