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August 1966: Silas Bennett, aged 16, was about to realize his dream of playing for his high school football teams varsity. The son of an alcoholic father and a mother who stood as a frail bulwark between her warring husband and son, Silas suddenly finds himself without either parent. Within sight of his goals, he is transplanted to a small Oklahoma town to live with the family of the only relative who would accept him, a sister he doesnt even remember. In his new town, Silas will also be near Mavis Cartwright, the girl who was his first and only love. Eager to fit in, Silas believes football might serve as his entre into this new society, but first he must deal with a hostile coach and bullying teammates led by the their quarterback, Parker Justice, who is jealously guarding his relationship as Mavis boyfriend. Filled with edge of your seat football games, contemporary details, and characters you may love or despise, but all of whom youll soon think you actually know, Silas Bennetts Imperfect Season is a book youll read again and again.
August 1966: Silas Bennett, aged 16, was about to realize his dream of playing for his high school football teams varsity. The son of an alcoholic father and a mother who stood as a frail bulwark between her warring husband and son, Silas suddenly finds himself without either parent. Within sight of his goals, he is transplanted to a small Oklahoma town to live with the family of the only relative who would accept him, a sister he doesnt even remember. In his new town, Silas will also be near Mavis Cartwright, the girl who was his first and only love. Eager to fit in, Silas believes football might serve as his entre into this new society, but first he must deal with a hostile coach and bullying teammates led by the their quarterback, Parker Justice, who is jealously guarding his relationship as Mavis boyfriend. Filled with edge of your seat football games, contemporary details, and characters you may love or despise, but all of whom youll soon think you actually know, Silas Bennetts Imperfect Season is a book youll read again and again.
Full text.Also titledSilas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, this is the third novel by George Eliot. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.Embittered by a false accusation, disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a long twilight life alone with his loom. . . and his gold. Silas hoards a treasure that kills his spirit until fate steals it from him and replaces it with a golden-haired founding child. Where she came from, who her parents were, and who really stole the gold are the secrets that permeate this moving tale of guilt and innocence. A moral allegory of the redemptive power of love, it is also a finely drawn picture of early nineteenth-century England in the days when spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses, and of a simple way of life that was soon to disappear.
Edward Woodward (star of The Equalizer television series) and Jenny Agutter are just two of the experienced cast that lends its talents to this enchanting audio-play adaptation of the famous story by George Eliot. Betrayed by his best friend and maliciously accused of being a thief, Silas Marner loses everything—his fiancee, his friends, his reputation, and—worst of all—his faith in God and his fellow man. When a beautiful, golden-haired child enters his life—a girl he loves as if she were his own daughter—his life is amazingly changed for the better.
Silas Marner and Two Short Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
George Eliot
Fine Communications,US
2005
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.The novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in Northern England. He is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon. Two clues are given against Silas: a pocket knife, and the discovery in his own house of the bag formerly containing the money. There is the strong suggestion that Silas' best friend, William Dane, has framed him since Silas had lent his pocket knife to William shortly before the crime was committed. Lots are drawn in the belief - shared by Silas - that God will direct the process and establish the truth, but they indicate that Silas is guilty. The woman Silas was to marry breaks their engagement and marries William instead. With his life shattered, his trust in God lost, and his heart broken, Silas leaves Lantern Yard and the city for a rural area where he is unknown... (wikipedia.org)
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.The novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in Northern England. He is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon. Two clues are given against Silas: a pocket knife, and the discovery in his own house of the bag formerly containing the money. There is the strong suggestion that Silas' best friend, William Dane, has framed him since Silas had lent his pocket knife to William shortly before the crime was committed. Lots are drawn in the belief - shared by Silas - that God will direct the process and establish the truth, but they indicate that Silas is guilty. The woman Silas was to marry breaks their engagement and marries William instead. With his life shattered, his trust in God lost, and his heart broken, Silas leaves Lantern Yard and the city for a rural area where he is unknown... (wikipedia.org)
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. The novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in Northern England. He is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon. Two clues are given against Silas: a pocket knife, and the discovery in his own house of the bag formerly containing the money. There is the strong suggestion that Silas' best friend, William Dane, has framed him, since Silas had lent his pocket knife to William shortly before the crime was committed. Silas is
Silas Dillon’s chemically dependent, emotionally unstable birth mother abandons him in a typical bureaucratic foster care system; and she remains selfishly unwilling to release him for adoption. Alternating between brief stays with his unstable mother and various foster homes, Silas’s growing loneliness, alienation, anger, and self-destructive nature make coping through youth and early adulthood formidable.
Silas LaMontaie spends a lifetime learning to hold onto his family's traditions and winning the heart of his muse, the beautiful and enigmatic Jessie May.