Ch. 1 The book "Silas Marner" opens in the English countryside where it was common to sometimes come across weavers, who were pale, thin men who looked like "the remnants of a disinherited race". The people viewed all types of skill and cleverness as suspicious. So, the weavers developed eccentric habits that resulted from loneliness. Silas Marner, a linen-weaver lived in a stone cottage in the village of Raveloe. The boys of the village would go …showed first 75 words of 5419 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5419 total…s's strange story, and everyone, even the farrier, agrees that he deserves his good fortune. Eppie and Aaron have decided they would rather stay in Silas's cottage than go to any new home, so the cottage has been altered to accommodate Aaron. Among other improvements, a large and impressive garden has been built at Godfrey's expense. Returning home with the wedding party, Eppie tells Silas that she thinks "nobody could be happier than we are."