George Eliot's novel 'Silas Marner' is a classic work of literature published in 1861. It tells the story of a weaver, Silas Marner, who is wrongfully accused of a crime and exiled from his community. He moves to a small village where he lives a solitary life until he finds an abandoned child and takes her in as his own. The novel explores themes of justice, redemption, and the power of love.