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Silas Marner, when the spinning wheels hummed

Author: George Eliot Year: 1861 Length: 389 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses—and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak—there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.

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George Eliot published Silas Marner in 1861 and it is the shortest of her novels. She broke off work on Romola to write it, because the story of the weaver arrived, as she put it, unsought. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans and she used a pen name for her fiction. Project Gutenberg holds the complete text.

About this text

George Eliot published Silas Marner in 1861 and it is the shortest of her novels. She broke off work on Romola to write it, because the story of the weaver arrived, as she put it, unsought. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans and she used a pen name for her fiction. Project Gutenberg holds the complete text.

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One long opening sentence with hyphenated words, useful for practising the hyphen key without losing the line.

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