It’s refreshing after reading Hawthorne, and I’m excited to get into some of what I consider the most important parts of the novel.
It’s a pretty straightforward story, and its meaning is portrayed visibly through the characters and the decisions they each make. Eliot’s novel isn’t quite as personally connected to herself, nor does it rely so heavily on symbolism. Further, it took a lot of speculation regarding his symbolism and imagery. If you read my review of The House of the Seven Gables, you’ll know that a lot of the meaning I took away required research on Hawthorne’s life and ancestry. It is also much less difficult to acquire meaning from Eliot’s novel. Both are wonderful books and classics in their own way, although I would have to say that Silas Marner is a much easier read. Hawthorne wrote with heavy prose and long descriptions, whereas Eliot paints scenes with a few words and spent much less time on philosophical prose aimed directly at the reader. Though both are very old books (Hawthorne’s being older by 10 years) their form of storytelling, as well as their technique, differ. This month’s book, George Eliot’s Silas Marner, differs vastly from last month’s The House of the Seven Gables.
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