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CREATIVE READING: WHAT WRITERS CAN LEARN FROM GEORGE ELIOT'S SILAS MARNER
Tutor: Sarah Burton
Presented by: Between the Lines| 0 | ONLINE: ONLINE |
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| P | Saturday 16th May, 2026 |
| N | 4:00pm |
Event information
David Constantine considers that Silas Marner feels 'like proof that a life going badly can, by good fortune and an answering faith and determination, be put triumphantly right'. We'll be delving into how Eliot handles plot and character development to produce - at the eleventh hour - an outcome that is both moving and satisfying, while avoiding seeming preacherly when delivering, en route, a number of - what feel like - home truths.
Silas Marner is the third (and shortest) of Eliot's novels and paperback editions are widely available for as little as £4 (e.g. Wordsworth edition).
PLEASE NOTE ALL TIMES ARE BST