Silas Marner

by George Eliot

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[thecolorblockcurator]

 Spring, Harald Slott-Møller 

[false-blackbears]

"There is no God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness against the innocent."

Silas Marner (via false-blackbears)

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A dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters a desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.

George Eliot, Silas Marner, 1861 (via fuckyeahgoodbooks)

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Like many violent and implacable men, he allowed evils to grow under favour of his own heedlessness, till they pressed upon him with exasperating force, and then he turned round with fierce severity and became unrelentingly hard.

Silas Marner, George Eliot (via crumbsofshadow)

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Today in book history...

On this day in 1861, George Eliot’s Silas Marner was published. Though generally viewed as one of Eliot’s minor works, it was as popular among readers when it came out as her earlier Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss; the book has also attracted attention for the parallel found between the old weaver’s life of misery and redemption and Eliot’s own.

[dudewhatisthisanyway]

Godfrey and Dunstan Cass from Silas Marner as I ENJOYED ENVISIONING THEM. Dunsey and Godfrey are brothers who despise each other with immense passion. Dunstan is generally considered as evil, while Godfrey is simply seen as weak. (Can you tell which is which??) Throughout the book, (especially in the 3rd chapter lol) it becomes incredibly plain to the reader that Dunsey is clearly the dominant brother, using Godfrey’s secret and shameful marriage to an opium-addict as an easy outlet through which he can blackmail his brother in order to fuel his penchants. (i.e. gambling, drinking, etc.) Adjectives commonly used in association with Dunstan: insolent, arrogant, contemptuous, haughty, felicitous, dissolute, pathetic, adverse, spiteful, cunning, diabolic, etc. (I LOVE HIM SOB) Godfrey Cass is the elder brother of the two, and is a total wimp/wussicle. He fears a) being thrown from his rank as eldest of the town Squire’s sons, and b) being spurned by his new love, due to his past marriage, thus allowing Dunsey to easily manipulate and walk all over him. I paid no attention to his adjectives, but I am quite aware that the town held him in high regard and he married a prissy bitch! The characters themselves are not mine, although these designs are I guess! It’s a good book, but the end really pisses me off.

[jstewarts]

I suppose one reason why we are seldom able to comfort our neighbors with our words is that our goodwill gets adulterated in spite of ourselves, before it can pass our lips.

Silas Marner, George Eliot (via jstewarts)

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Do you think Cary would accept a sketch of Silas in place of the third paragraph on that essay?

I guess the answer to that question is “probably not” but damnit someone has to ask life’s important questions. 

Also I promise that I will post my character designs on not notebook paper some day.

[theanglicist]

The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.

George Eliot, Silas Marner (via theanglicist)

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It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.

George Eliot, Silas Marner (via fuaim-an-sliabh)

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October Book Photo Challenge Day Twenty-four: Spine of book

The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner, George Eliot

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It’s never too late to be who you might have been.

George Elliot (via aslovelyasatree)