Wanted a short book by George Eliot and there aren’t many, so went for this one.
It is hard work – Marner is an opaque and rather characterless character, and none of the characters in the village in which he settles have a great deal of depth.
The wealthy middle class are represented by two rather feckless brothers, one of whom dies having stolen Marner’s hard earned horde of gold, and the other’s illegitimate daughter redeems Marner who adopts her at the end.
If I had read this as a sampler, I don’t think I would choose any other George Eliot’s.
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