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SILAS MARNER
《织工马南》
聊本书之前，一定得知道本书的作者----George Eliot.
19世纪英语文学最有影响力的小说家之一。与萨克雷、狄更斯、勃朗特姐妹齐名。
George Eliot 是位描写的大师，她不仅擅长描写人物的外貌，而且擅长描写人物的内心。这些成段的细致入微的描写把她的人物一下子拉到了读者的面前——真实而亲切。一八五九年，她的第一部长篇小说《亚当·比德》问世，这部小说一年内再版了八次，受欢迎程度不在话下；一八五九年以后，她发表了两部极为成功、著名的有《织工马南传》与《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》，奠定了在英国文坛的地位。之后，一八六三年的《罗慕拉》，一八六六年的《菲力克斯·霍尔特》，一八七二年的《米德尔马契》，一八七六年的《丹尼尔·德龙达》，更是经典之作，成就非凡。
作品简介
这是一本讲述关于信仰，背叛，爱与救赎的故事。
故事一开篇作者就展示了她独有的强大的描写功力：19世纪早期英国的乡村图景尽在眼前。
对于当地农民而言，凡是外来客都被看成是异类，马南就被认为是这样的一种人。他住在离采石场不远的石头房子里日复一日的织布，基本不和其他人交往。当村民们遭遇到不幸时 都把问题指向他。马南就是邪恶的化身。
马南唯一的乐趣就是每天夜晚抚摸着自己亲手织的布，却不料被偷。一系列的背叛，爱和救赎开始上演......
希望你不妨跟着作者一起来走进马南的世界里，体验他的救赎之旅！
本节选自开头作者的细致的精彩的描写部分：
In the early
years of
the nineteenth century，Strange-looking little men were often seen on
the country roads，usually with a heavy bag on their shoulders．They were linen－weavers，taking the linen they had woven to the women in the villages．Unlike the strong，healthy country
people，they were small
and thin，with tired white faces，bent backs
and round shoulders．They were often shortsighted
too，because they had to look so closely at their work．To the villagers the weavers looked almost foreign，
and quite frightening．Where did they come from？Was it the devil who sent them？Who were their parents？How could
you trust a man if
you did
n't know h
is father or mother？Country
people used to be very suspicious of all strangers
and travellers．They were also suspi-cious of clever
people，
people who could do something they themselves had not learnt to do．That
is why
the linen－weavers，who often moved from towns to live
and work in
the country，were considered strangers all their lives by their neighbours，
and were sometimes very lonely as a result.
Silas Marner was one of these weavers．He lived in a small cottage near the village of Raveloe．Every day he worked at his loom in
the cottage．
The small boys of Raveloe had never heard
the sound of a loom before，
and sometimes they used to run up to h
is house to look quickly in at
the window．If Silas noticed them，he lifted h
is shortsighted eyes from
the loom to stare at
the boys．There was something terrible about h
is stare，which made
the boys run away at once，screaming with fear．
The vil－lagers believed that Silas had an almost devil
ish power，which he could use to harm them if he wanted，
and so they were all afraid of him．Raveloe was an important－looking village with a fine old church
and a number of large farms．But it was at least an hour away from any other village，
and very few strangers v
isited it，which explains why
the villagers'opinions were so out of date．
Silas Marner had first come to Raveloe fifteen years before，as a
young man．He
and h
is way of life seemed very strange to
the villagers．He worked long hours at h
is loom，
and had no friends or v
isitors from
the village or anywhere else．He never talked to h
is neighbours unless it was necessary for h
is work，
and he never looked at any of
the Raveloe girls．'Who would want to marry him anyway？'
the girls laughed to each other．'Marry a
dead man come to life again，with that unhealthy white skin
and those insect－like eyes of h
is？Certainly not！'
One of the villagers had had a strange experience with Silas．One evening he had d
iscovered
the weaver resting on a field gate，h
is eyes open but unseeing，
and h
is body cold
and hard，like a
dead ma
n's．After a few moments Silas appeared to wake up，said'Good night'，
and walked away．
G.E的作品是非常值得一读的，她很多都是大部头作品，语言也比较复杂。这本 Silas Marner 是个例外，薄薄一本，语言 情节都相对简单，很适合想了解G.E作为破冰之书。
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