Silas Marner (Penguin Classics)

by George Eliot

Silas Marner lives a friendless and isolated existence near the country village of Raveloe, hoarding his gold.

One night his fortune is stolen and Silas loses everything he holds dear. But then the golden-haired child Eppie appears in his home, and Silas is forced to reform bonds of faith and human connectedness that he once renounced forever.