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Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, first published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since and is regularly used in university studies of 19th-century English literature.
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- George Eliot
- 1859
Adam Bede, novel written by George Eliot, published in three volumes in 1859. The title character, a carpenter, is in love with an unmarried woman who bears a child by another man. Although Bede tries to help her, he eventually loses her but finds happiness with someone else.
- George Eliot
- 1859
'Adam Bede' chronicles the relationship struggles of the character Adam Bede who is in love with beautiful but selfish Hetty Sorrel who in turn loves Arthur Donnithorne. The love triangle results in a hideous crime with grave consequences and lessons for them all.
Adam Bede. George Eliot, Joanna Trollope (Introduction), Hugh Osborne (Notes) 3.82. 25,519 ratings1,277 reviews. The story of a beautiful country girl's seduction by the local squire and its bitter, tragic sequel is an old and familiar one which George Eliot invests with peculiar and haunting power.
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'Adam Bede' is a romance novel by George Eliot set in the fictional village of Hayslope and its environs in the 18th Century idyllic countryside of England. About the Book. Protagonist: Adam Bede. Publication Date: 1859. Genre: Classic, Historical Fiction, Romance. Rating: 4.0/5. Introduction. Summary. Themes and Analysis. Characters. Quotes.
Adam Bede, published in 1859 by English author George Eliot, is a story about love, betrayal, and redemption set in the rural English countryside at the close of the 18th century.
