Eliot, George, edited withnotes and introduction by Edward L. Gulick, — Silas Marner.

NY, Macmillan, 1921. VG. Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) was born at Arubry Farm at 5 a.m. 1819, a culminating period of bad times and political discontent. in England. The nation was suffering acutely from the reaction after the excitement of the last Napoleonic war. After spending three months in Florence, Eliot undertook writing an historical novel of the time of Savonarola but was interrupted by a desire to write Silas Marner Weaver of Raveloe, the story of old=-fashioned village life. Owner's notes on front endpaper. Brown hardback binding, imprint design on front cover, edge wear.