Silas Marner (1861) is a novel by George Eliot (1819-1880), oneof theleading vvritersof the Victorian era. George Eliot is Mary Ann Evans' pseudonym. Silas Marner telis the story of a vveaver in a small religious community, Lantern Yard, in the earlier years of the 19th century. İt is a tale of betrayal, gold, and love, encased in the elegant symmetrical structure so popular in traditional English fiction.