For sale a used "SILAS MARNER" BY GEORGE ELIOT Hard Cover BOOK 309 PAGES Vintage. This is an edited copy with an introduction and notes by J. Rose Colby, Ph. D. June Rose Colby (June 4, 1856 – May 11, 1941) was an American professor of literature. She was the first female faculty member and third woman hired as an instructor at Illinois State Normal University. Silas Marner, a novel by George Eliot, was published in 1861. The story's title character is a friendless weaver who cares only for his cache of gold. He is ultimately redeemed through his love for Eppie, an abandoned golden-haired baby girl, whom he discovers shortly after he is robbed and rears as his child. THis book has notes scuffs and stains. It is an acceptable reading copy and still old enough to be a collector's low-grade piece.