Adam Bede by George Eliot

A young carpenter falls in love with the village beauty. She, however, has set her sights on a dashing army captain who's the son of the wealthy local squire. Meanwhile, a beautiful and virtuous young woman preacher arrives in the village. What happens to these people and the strange twists and turns that their lives take are described in the rest of the book. Adam Bede was George Eliot's first published novel. Published in 1859, the book has remained a firm favorite with readers and academicians alike and is still taught in many English literature courses all over the world. George Eliot was the pen name of well respected scholar, translator and journalist Mary Ann Evans. She adopted a male pseudonym so she could be viewed as a serious writer. Many Victorian women writers had to combat the prevailing notion that women novelists wrote only light hearted romances or Gothic tales. Eliot was largely a self taught person. Her father was the manager of a stately home in Warwicksh...

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Saturday Dec 23, 2023

Adam Bede by George Eliot

Episodes

11 – In The Cottage

12 – In the Wood

13 – Evening In The Wood

14 – The Return Home

15 – The Two Bed-Chambers

16 – Links

17 – In Which The Story Pauses A Little

18 – Church

19 – Adam on a Working Day

20 – Adam Visits the Hall Farm