Silas Marner
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- Created on: 15-04-14 10:52
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- Silas Marner
- George Eliot
- After her mother died, she was her father's housekeeper
- She was influenced by an Evangelical preacher during her childhood, whose Calvinistic beliefs she enthusiastically adopted
- These beliefs were described in a church in Lantern Yard
- Influenced by liberal thinkers in intellectual circles in London, she started questioning her conventional beliefs and had an extreme reaction to Christianity
- After her father refused to speak to her, she started attending church
- The Industrial Revolution
- Traditional agriculture+ manufacturing methods completely changed as a result of more modern technologies
- These changed had a massive impact on the social+ economic conditions of the time+ society changed as a whole
- Raveloe is contrasted with Lantern Yard. When Lantern Yard is gone, it is replaced by a factory.
- The Victorian Novel
- The difficulties faced by the poorer people of the time
- The portrayal of town+ country life
- Satire, irony, humour
- The highlighting of human foolishness+ failings by ridiculing them
- Ghost stories+ Gothical tales were popular
- The mystery+ suspense in the plot
- George Eliot
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