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Characters in Silas Marner

• Silas Marner – a weaver, miser protagonist
• Godfrey Cass – son of the local squire.
• Dunstan Cass – Godfrey's greedy brother with a penchant for alcohol and manipulation.
• Molly Farren – Godfrey's first wife who has a child by him. She dies leaving the child.
• Eppie – child of Molly and Godfrey who is cared for by Marner.
• Nancy Lammeter – Godfrey Cass' second wife.
• Aaron Winthrop – son of Dolly who marries Eppie at the end of the novel.
• Dolly Winthrop – mother to Aaron; godmother to Eppie. Sympathetic to Silas.
• William Dane – William Dane is Silas’ former best friend, who looked after Silas and respected Silas in Lantern Yard. William Dane ultimately betrayed Silas by framing him for theft and married Silas’ fiancée after Silas exiled himself from Lantern Yard. He did this following the death of his mother.
• Sarah – fiancée to Silas while in Lantern Yard. Married William Dane.