Silas Marner · Character
Molly Farren
Godfrey Cass's secret wife, a desperate opium addict from a rougher world, whose existence threatens everything his respectable Raveloe life depends on hiding.
supporting
Also known as Molly
First appearance: XII
As a supporting figure in Silas Marner, Molly Farren is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Not directly mentioned in this chapter; no relevant appearance.
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Molly Farren lives on the margins of Raveloe society, bound to Godfrey by a marriage he bitterly regrets and cannot acknowledge. Her addiction and poverty make her both pitiable and dangerous to his prospects, and her…
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- Other
Character groups
- Peripheral Village Figures
- Central Raveloe Characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Molly Farren in XII