Good news — you can get a perfectly legal copy of 'Silas Marner' without hunting through sketchy sites. My go-to is Project Gutenberg, which hosts public-domain texts and offers multiple download formats (HTML, EPUB, Kindle, plain text) so you can pick what works for your device. If you want something a little more polished in layout and typography, Standard Ebooks provides a carefully proofed, beautifully formatted edition with EPUB/Kindle/azw3 downloads — great for reading on an e-reader or phone. They also note that the book is considered public domain in the United States, so downloads from them are legal here. For scanned PDFs and historical editions (if you like seeing original title pages or variants), the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons host scanned copies that you can read online or download as PDFs. Those are especially nice if you want a facsimile of an old printing. I’ve grabbed editions from both Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks depending on whether I’m reading on my phone or my e-reader — each option feels legit and fuss-free.