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Literary FictionPublished 1861

Silas Marner

by George Eliot

Pages

255

Difficulty

Demanding

Tone

Ink

Chapters

21

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  1. Chapter I.
  2. Chapter Ii.
  3. Chapter Iii.
  4. Chapter Iv.
  5. Chapter V.
  6. Chapter Vi.
  7. Chapter Vii.
  8. Chapter Viii.
  9. Chapter Ix.
  10. Chapter X.
  11. Chapter Xi.
  12. Chapter Xii.
  13. Chapter Xiii.
  14. Chapter Xiv.
  15. Chapter Xv.
  16. Chapter Xvi.
  17. Chapter Xvii.
  18. Chapter Xviii.
  19. Chapter Xix.
  20. Chapter Xx.
  21. Chapter Xxi.
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