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Silas Marner is a weaver who was exiled from his home and he secludes himself away hoarding up gold until one day his gold is stolen. Then Marner is given a gift which introduces him back into the world. I found the beginning to be a bit slow but it picked up once the robbery and subsequent events occurred.

Like most Victorian novels this has a moral tale to tell. If you are good and work hard life will be good to you, if you have no scruples and are deceitful things won't be so easy. I found the 1860s language hard-going but it is pretty short and is a good story with characters you can care about.
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