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Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test.
Titulli: Silas Marner
Origjinali: Silas Marner
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: George Eliot
Shtëpia botuese: Wordsworth Classics
Viti: 1999
Fq. 160
Pesha: 0.120 kg
ISBN: 978-1-85326-221-0
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Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test.
