The response from both libraries and the public exceeded expectations" (Shattock, pp. The single volume was deliberately made 'thicker and handsomer' than a volume of an ordinary three-volume novel, and he calculated that the price of twelve shillings would attract individual buyers. "Its popular success was a pleasant surprise for Blackwood, who was initially worried about publishing another short fiction that might not be taken by libraries. Published on 2 April 1861, Silas Marner proved a success, resulting in 8,000 copies in five separate printings in 1861. With its happy ending, its legendary plot of the miser who turns into a philanthropist and finds happiness in adopting a child, it is different from her other novels, while sharing their humour and breadth of understanding" (ODNB).
In the composition of Silas Marner, Eliot "experienced much less depression and fewer delays than was usual for her.
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