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SILAS MARNER: The Weaver of Raveloe
by Eliot, George
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Near fine.. First edition of Eliot's third novel, a fable in realist dress, praised by some as the greatest of her works. The idea for Eliot's only one-volume novel came "quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale" suggested by her childhood memory of seeing a weaver (as recounted in a letter to her publisher). By degrees she "became inclined to a more realistic treatment," though a kernel of fantasy remains under the careful working-out of ethical and material realities. Received by one contemporary critic as "boorish twaddle," SILAS MARNER has also been hailed as "the most flawless of George Eliot's works" (Joan Bennett). A lovely copy of one of very few 19th-century novels to inspire both a Steve Martin comedy and an episode of PBS's Wishbone (A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE and "Golden Retrieved," respectively). 7.5'' x 5''. Original embossed russet cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Binding A (Carter). Most leaves unopened. Publisher's ad for Alexander Carlyle at front; Blackwood catalogue at rear. [4], [6], 364, 16 pages.; Binder ticker to rear paste-down. Only mild edgewear and bumping to extremities.
Synopsis
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a dramatic novel by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) which was first published in 1861.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47295
- Title
- SILAS MARNER: The Weaver of Raveloe
- Author
- Eliot, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- 19th century,Victorian,Woman Author,Books to Film
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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