![]() ![]() He kept his money in below-floor storage, taking it out regularly to count and enjoy it. Since Marner infrequently left the cottage, had few needs or wants, and worked regularly, he built up substantial wealth. ![]() And to those who took the trouble to observe, that’s just what he appeared to be, a strange, nearsighted man who left his cottage as little as possible, and from the cottage, one usually could hear the sounds of the loom at work. That experience also changed him from a regular church supporter to a recluse. He simply found himself there, plying his trade, after being falsely accused of taking some money from his home church. That was certainly one reason for the pen name for an author credited with novels “known for their realism and psychological insight.” ![]() Women authors at the time wrote primarily “lightheaded romances,” according to Wikipedia. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. We’ll discover more about Silas Marner, but first some information about George Eliot. He lived in a small cottage outside the village of Raveloe and plied his trade, mostly unnoticed by all but the wives who relied on him. He turned yarn into cloth, flax into linen. ![]()
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