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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Eliot, George

Eliot, George
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Silas Marner: Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2

Part One, Chapter One

In England during the early 1800s, men who earned a living by weaving
cloth were usually looked upon with suspicion by the shepherds and peasants
of the country villages. Even dogs barked at them as they went by, carrying
their huge bags of raw materials. Anyone who had skill or knowledge of any
kind was viewed with distrust-many villagers actually believed that weavers
were under the influence of the Devil. Because people were unfriendly to
them, most of the weavers lived alone and led lonely, ...

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