Catching Up: Silas Marner

I thought I have been fairly conscientious in updating this blog on my progress on the books I have finished so far but, lo and behold, when I did a quick check, there were 3 books that I haven't posted here.  Well, actually, only 2 since I only finished Silas Marner last night.

Reading Silas Marner immediately after finishing The Crying Lot of 49 can be quite jarring.  I would even consider saying that they are different as night is to day as an understatement.  George Elliot is a perfect example of a realist novel.

It is a story about the redemption of a man; how he lost his gold, only to find something more precious. "As the child's mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness."  This is one of the most heartwarming stories that I have read in a while and the happy ending goes to prove that good things happen to good people.