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Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher s advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers ticket "Gilbert Brothers, Gracechurch St, London" on front paste-down. Neat ink presentation dated 1861 on front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Rear inner hinge just starting, some light foxing. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slip-case. A Near Fine copy overall. The advertisements are in placing "b" (eight plus two leaves, at rear, with the advertisements for the third edition of Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle following the publisher s catalogue), and the "New Works" list is in the earlier form, with pp. [1] and [2] listing three and four titles respectively (p. [1]: John Petherick s Egypt, Soudan, and Central Africa, Sir Archibald Alison s Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart ("In the press"), and the Count de Montalbert s The Monks of the West; p. [2]: George Finlay s History of the Greek Revolution ("In the press"), Rev. J. Cave-Browne s The Punjab and Delhi in 1857, David Page's The Past and Present Life of the Globe ("In the press"), and Henry Stephens' The Book of Farm Buildings ("In the press"). Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is George Eliot s third novel (1861). The book follows the life of title character, Silas Marner, a poor weaver wrongly accused of stealing from his local church. He attempts to set up a new simple life in the countryside hoarding the money he makes, but fate has other things in store for him his gold is stolen and a lost child enters his life. Eliot weaves a moving tale of familial love between Silas and young Eppie, while other characters are forced to reckon with their secrets and guilt, all with the backdrop of an industrializing England. Mary Ann Evans (1819 1880), pen name George Eliot, was a prolific writer best known for her novels Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871 1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876), to name just a few. Baker & Ross A6.1.a. Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 111-112. Parrish, p. 15. Sadleir 819. Wolff 2063. Near Fine.

'Silas Marner', published in 1861, tells the story of a reclusive weaver, who finds redemption and purpose after adopting an orphaned girl.