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George Eliot states in her opening line to Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe. (1861): ‘In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses…’ creating an interior scene of pastoral efficiency. Silas Marner (the main character) is introduced to the reader. ‘In the early days of this century, such a linen-weaver …Continue reading “From Industrialisation to Technolisation”