Book excerpt: Silas Marner, a skilled weaver, once a respected member of a small religious society went through a betrayal, human injustice and the loss of hard-earned money for years. In fact, he was disappointed in everything. It would seem that nothing could return the faith in life and people to a self-absorbed and unsociable Silas. But one of the Christmas days on the threshold of his house a little girl appears. And the soul of the hermit starts to melt…