Chapter One: Silas Marner, a highly religious weaver, is introduced as a man living in solitude in a town called Raveloe. In a brief description of Marner’s past, it is revealed that Silas was wrongfully convicted of the murder of the Church of Lantern Yard’s Deacon. After his wrongful conviction, all ties to his closest friends, his fiancee, and his church were severed and he left Lantern Yard.
Chapter Two: Marner’s new life in Raveloe is very different from his life in Lantern Yard, everything has a dazed quality as opposed to a harsher form of living in Lantern Yard. Silas is fully enveloped by his work, and he makes a significant profit. After he was betrayed by his friends in Lantern Yard, he had lost his sense …show more content…
Dunstan sold Wildfire, but used the horse for the day’s hunt before handing over the reigns. During the hunt, Wildfire was fatally impales by a fence post, and knowing that he could not get money for a dead horse, Dunstan left for home. On his way home he passed Silas Marner’s house, and thought to steal Marner’s money which was rumored to be plentiful. Dunstan arrived at Silas’ cottage and knocked on the door, and after receiving no answer, he tried to open the door. Dunstan found Silas’ hidden gold and left with it in his hand.
Chapter Five: Silas returns home, expecting to enjoy the presence of his gold with the accompaniment of his dinner. He went to retrieve his gold and saw that it was missing. He was distraught at the idea of losing the last thing that brought him joy. He went to the town pub to spread the news that his gold had been stolen.
Chapter Six: The Rainbow is filled mostly by the lower class citizens of Raveloe, with most of the high class patrons at a party. The conversation is mild and lackadaisical throughout the chapter, with brief arguments breaking out over conflicting opinions. The arguments are all quickly settled by Mr. Snell, the landlord of the …show more content…
Silas has visitors much more often now as opposed to before, with many of them bringing sympathy as well as advice. Many of his visitors encourage him to join the town’s church, which Marner at the time had no interest in doing. One of his visitors brought him cakes imprinted with the same letters as the church’s pulpit cloth. Godfrey is excited about the upcoming New Years party, and has a fight with anxiety. Godfrey also has a small hope that Dunstan will appear in time for the party
Chapter Eleven: Nancy Lammeter very openly refuses to marry Godfrey Cass and in flees the situation into a room where all of the women attending the Cass family’s New Years party were changing. Nancy’s older sister Priscilla enters the room as well, soon after Nancy is introduced to two other women who are the daughters of a wine merchant from another town. Later in the party, Nancy’s dress tears during a dance and Godfrey takes her to wait for her sister to fix the tears, and during this time he apologized for being rude to her in the