Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in Northern England.
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10 Facts About Silas Marner
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Silas Marner is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon.
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The woman Silas Marner was to marry breaks their engagement and marries William instead.
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Silas Marner devotes himself wholeheartedly to his craft and comes to adore the gold coins he earns and hoards from his weaving.
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Silas Marner is married to, but estranged from, Molly Farren, an opium-addicted working-class woman living in another town.
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Silas Marner follows the child's tracks in the snow and discovers the woman dead.
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Silas Marner keeps the child and names her Eppie, after his deceased mother and sister, both named Hephzibah.
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Silas Marner has been robbed of his material gold, but thinks that he has it returned to him symbolically in the form of the golden-haired child.
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Silas Marner's has a strong bond with Silas, who through her has found a place in the rural society and a purpose in life.
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Silas Marner revisits Lantern Yard, but his old neighbourhood has been "swept away" in the intervening years; the place is replaced by a large factory.
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