Silas Marner
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Bulkington, an otherwise undistinguished village close to her childhood home, became Raveloe, the village where Silas Marner weaves his linen and shuns his neighbours.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019
But in the second half, the Princeton boys battled their way back into the front-runner position, answering a series of questions on military weapons, Silas Marner, and the Battle of Lepanto.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2018
I figured people would be really impressed that I had read "Silas Marner" and "Mourning Becomes Electra."
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012
The basic plot of Silas Marner is simple enough.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2012
The machinations of European powers and the funny mustached German dictator were as remote to our island in the fall of 1941 as Silas Marner, which sapped our energies through eighth-grade English.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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