Weaver Ma Nan (Bookworm. Oxford English-Chinese Parallel Reader)

Author: [British] Eliot
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
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In the quiet countryside of early 19th-century England, life followed a monotonous rhythm. The changing of seasons was the same for the squire and his family living in the grand house as it was for the villagers in their small cottages. Anything new or strange would be met with suspicion in a village like Ruffalo. Weaver Silas Mahan was particularly odd. He lived alone, and no one knew anything about his family. If you didn’t know who his parents were, how could you trust him? He had a pale complexion and strange eyes, always staring, because he worked long hours on the loom every day, even on Sundays when he should have been attending church. The villagers whispered among themselves that he must be a friend of the devil. Poor Silas! He was a sorrowful, lonely man, his only friends being the shiny gold coins he wove, which he hid beneath the floorboards. But changes always occur, even in the quiet village of Ruffalo. There was a secret between the squire’s two sons, one that led to arguments, conflicts, and death. It was on a snowy night, near Silas’s cottage.