Fiction

I've read so many classical books this summer! I was picking them up very cheaply at book sales, garage sales and antique shops. The latest one I've finished was George Eliot's "Silas Marner," originally published in 1861. I read Eliot's novel "Adam Bede" earlier this year.
"Silas" is shorter and less complicated than "Adam," and also funnier. There is a dry wit that appears periodically, making you snicker.
Both of these novels deal with the same situation, an unwanted child. But "Silas," unlike "Adam," has a happier ending.
I am finding Eliot to be an easier read than Charles Dickens, who seems a bit pretentious at times.