tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18133234.post690969158886256154..comments2023-04-06T10:26:27.463-04:00Comments on Monkeysquirrel: Marner v. BedeMr. Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13238870658008166956noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18133234.post-66124264023306503152011-01-18T18:00:18.672-05:002011-01-18T18:00:18.672-05:00I adore "Adam Bede." I think it's my...I adore "Adam Bede." I think it's my favorite Eliot novel. However, "Silas Marner" is everything you say about it, which is why non-Eliot lovers like it. I think of it as Eliot's version of Dickens's "Hard Times," not thematically but in its disappointing lack of expansiveness.Dawn Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.com