1-158-823 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Scene from Silas Marner by George Eliot, 1882. Eppie in de toal-hole. Silas Marner, miser and linen weaver, defeated in his attempt to discipline his adopted daughter, three year old Eppie, by shutting her in the coal hole. He decides to bring her up without punishment. From Silas Marner by George Eliot. (London, 1882). First published London, 1861.