PC Adam Bede

Eliot, George

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Margaret Reynold’s introduction sets out the social background to ‘Adam Bede’, discusses the genesis of the novel, explores changing attitudes towards it and reassesses critical perceptions of the major characters.

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Publish Date: 24/04/2008
ISBN: 9780140436648 Category: Tag:

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Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire’s son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthur’s seductive charm and they begin to meet in secret. The relationship is to have tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves, touching not just Adam Bede, but many others, not least, pious Methodist Preacher Dinah Morris. A tale of seduction, betrayal, love and deception, the plot of Adam Bede has the quality of an English folk song. Within the setting of Hayslope, a small, rural community, Eliot brilliantly creates a sense of earthy reality, making the landscape itself as vital a presence in the novel as that of her characters themselves.

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Weight 479 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 29 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

655

Language

English

Edition

New Edition

Dewey

823.8 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K