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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An acclaimed & faithful adaptation of George Eliot&s classic tale of tragedy intrigue & human tenderness Ben Kingsley gives a passionate & heartrending performance of a man betrayed & crushed but given hope where he least expects it Silas Marner was a man who had everything
- until he lost it all Falsely accused of theft & driven out of his town Silas starts life anew seeking solace in hard work solitude & his increasing hoard of gold When he is robbed of his entire savings by the wayward son of the local squire it seems he has lost everything for a second time Then one day upon arriving home he discovers a foundling child asleep on the hearth Could this young girl be the redemption to love & happiness that Silas has been looking for? Or is he just risking even more loss & heartbreak? Actors Ben Kingsley Jenny Agutter Jim Broadbent Patrick Ryecart Freddie Jones Jonathan Coy Patsy Kensit Elizabeth Hoyle Melinda Whiting & Angela Pleasence Director Giles Foster Certificate PGYear 1985 Languages English
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Gold!
- his own gold
- brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away! Falsely accused of theft Silas Marner

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Introduction & Notes by RT Jones Honorary Fellow of the University of York Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels Silas Marner is one of her most admired & loved works It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner
- a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England
- & how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie Silas Marner is a tender & moving tale of sin & repentance set in a vanished rural world & holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test

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George Eliot's tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed by the joy of fatherhood Silas Marner is edited with an introduction & notes by David Carroll in Penguin Classics Wrongly accused of theft & exiled from a religious community many years before the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe living only for work & his precious hoard of money But when his money is stolen & an orphaned child finds her way into his house Silas is given the chance to transform his life His fate & that of Eppie the little girl he adopts is entwined with Godfrey Cass son of the village Squire who like Silas is trapped by his past Silas Marner George Eliot's favourite of her novels combines humour rich symbolism & pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life This text uses the Cabinet edition revised by George Eliot in 1878 David Carroll's introduction is complemented by the original Penguin Classics edition introduction by QD Leavis Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator & later editor of the Westminster Review In 1857 she published Scenes of Clerical Life the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of ' George Eliot' including The Mill on the Floss Middlemarch & Daniel Deronda If you enjoyed Silas Marner you might like Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter also available in Penguin Classics'I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple rounded consummate aspect which marks a classical work' Henry James ...
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Take Note for Exam Success! York Notes offer an exciting approach to English literature This market leading series fully reflects student needs They are packed with summaries commentaries exam advice margin & textual features to offer a wider context to the text & encourage a critical analysis York Notes The Ultimate Literature Guides ...
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With an introduction by Martin Scorsese director of the film starring Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees staring in front of me & I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth in a place which you do not know & which your whole lives through you will never visit It is 1640 & Father Sebastian Rodrigues an idealistic Jesuit priest sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan & then into the hands of those who would crush his faith he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice whether to abandon his flock or his God The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work & has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels As empathetic as it is powerful it is an astonishing exploration of faith & suffering & an award-winning classic ' One of the finest historical novels written by anyone anywhere flawless' David Mitchell'A masterpiece There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph ...
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We can spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder But our hearts & minds are so full of noise that we can't always hear the call of life & love To hear that call & respond to it we need silence In his beautiful new book Buddhist monk & Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how mindfulness is the practice that stops the noise inside With gentle anecdotes simple Buddhist wisdom & practical exercises he shows us how to live mindfully so that all the internal chatter ceases & we are left with the eloquent sound of silence Now at last we can answer the call of the beauty around us Through silence Thich Nhat Hanh reveals we are free to hear to see
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When the bicycle 13-year-old Sinikka is discovered in the exact same wheat field where a heinous murderrape took place 23 years prior retired police detective Krischan senses that the two crimes are connected & vows to bring the killer to justice The fact that Krischan was unable to catch the killer two decades prior still haunts him to this very day but perhaps with the help of ambitious young officer David this time he will find a way to bring closure to the case Later as the investigation begins & a sweltering summer heat wave washes over the town the young victim&s parents begin to experience an overwhelming sense of dread concerning a clean cut husband & father who had recently visited their home ...
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Coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson is attacked & abducted in her home territory Fighting off a crazed werewolf she manages to escape only to find herself alone in the heart of Europe without money without clothing & on the run from the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world Unable to contact her pack Mercy has allies to find & enemies to fight but first she needs to figure out which is which Ancient powers stir & Mercy needs to be at her agile best to avoid causing a war between vampires & werewolves
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Silence Hardcover

Teenager Staci&s father has just remarried and now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother Shunted all the way to the run-down and dying Maine town of Silence in fact and the custody of her alcoholic mother It gets worse Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age There&s no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town no internet except dialup and not one familiar franchise or business Staci&s mom seems to have gotten even worse since the last time Staci lived with her The only bright spots in the whole place are a friendly waitress at the diner and a bookstore where she meets a gaggle of geeks and gamers But all is not as it seems in Silence There are strange things moving beneath the shabby surface terrible plots in play and deadly
players in the game and Staci is about to find herself caught up in the middle of it all SERRAted Edge SeriesBorn to Run (1) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry DixonWheels of Fire (2) by Mercedes Lackey and Mark ShepherdWhen the Bough Breaks (3) by Mercedes Lackey and Holly LisleChrome Circle (4) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry DixonStoned Souls (5) by Mercedes LackeyElvendude (6) by Mark ShepherdSpiritride (7) by Mark ShepherdLazerwarz (8) by Mark ShepherdThe Chrome Borne (omni contains Born to Run and Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry DixonThe Other World (omni contains When the Bough Breaks and Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey Mark Shepherd and Holly LisleMeet the AuthorMercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the Serrated Edge series
(both Baen) the Heralds of Valdemar series and many more She&s the coauthor of the contempory meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose The Lark and the Wren and also The Shadow of the Lion and Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint and Dave Freer She lives in Oklahoma Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of three other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle including entries Invasion World Divided Revolution and Collision He is an avid gamer but spends his extra time chained to a computer writing Originally from Scottsdale Arizona he currently resides in Florida
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Teenager Staci&s father has just remarried & now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother Shunted all the way to the run-down & dying Maine town of Silence in fact & the custody of her alcoholic mother It gets worse Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age There&s no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town no internet except dialup & not one familiar franchise or business Staci&s mom seems to have gotten even worse since the last time Staci lived with her The only bright spots in the whole place are a friendly waitress at the diner & a bookstore where she meets a gaggle of geeks & gamers But all is not as it seems in Silence There are strange things moving beneath the shabby surface terrible plots in play & deadly players in the game & Staci is about to find herself caught up in the middle of it all SERRAted Edge Series Born to Run (1) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Wheels of Fire (2) by Mercedes Lackey & Mark Shepherd When the Bough Breaks (3) by Mercedes Lackey & Holly Lisle Chrome Circle (4) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Stoned Souls (5) by Mercedes Lackey Elvendude (6) by Mark Shepherd Spiritride (7) by Mark Shepherd Lazerwarz (8) by Mark Shepherd The Chrome Borne (omni contains Born to Run & Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon The Other World (omni contains When the Bough Breaks & Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey Mark Shepherd & Holly Lisle Meet the Author Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series & the Serrated Edge series (both Baen) the Heralds of Valdemar series & many more She&s the coauthor of the contempory meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose The Lark & the Wren & also The Shadow of the Lion & Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint & Dave Freer She lives in Oklahoma Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of three other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle including entries Invasion World Divided Revolution & Collision He is an avid gamer but spends his extra time chained to a computer writing Originally from Scottsdale Arizona he currently resides in Florida

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