Silas Marner

[ sahy-luhs mahr-ner ]

/ ˈsaɪ ləs ˈmɑr nər /

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noun

a novel (1861) by George Eliot.

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How to use Silas Marner in a sentence

The scene in the pot-house in "Silas Marner" is as perfect as a Dutch painting, yet the author never entered a pot-house.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864|Various
Adam Bede is, in construction, the most perfect of her novels, and Silas Marner of her shorter stories.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers
Silas Marner lost his money through his “sense of security,” which “more frequently springs from habit than conviction.”
The Essays of "George Eliot"|George Eliot
To a certain extent, I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works.
Views and Reviews|Henry James

Silas Marner took a little girl into his tiny house to care for, and she made his life happy again.
Clematis|Bertha B. Cobb