Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The little child had come to link him once more with the whole world.”
- Source
- Silas Marner
- Date
- 1861
- Local voice
- Narrator voice · Narrator
Meaning of “The little child had come to link him…”
The child reverses Silas’s isolation by creating a relationship that reconnects him with ordinary human concern, neighborhood life, affection, and a future beyond his private hoard.
Where does it come from?
Silas Marner; Eliot describes the social and emotional change produced by Eppie after Silas had withdrawn from other people and organized life around his gold.
Why the local voice matters
Narrator commentary in Silas Marner on Eppie reconnecting Silas with social life.
