First published in 1859, Adam Bede has never been out of print since, which speaks volumes about its timeless quality. This is one of the greatest novels in the English language. Each is flawed, each has their own passions, each is unique, and through this great novel, Eliot put her stamp on literature and on the way we view the vagaries of character, helping us to see people as they really are. The author paints a wonderful landscape of contemporary life as it really was, and excels in the portraits of her characters. The setting is a country village in the north of England in the last years of the eighteenth century. There’s a further love interest between Adam and beautiful lay preacher Dinah Morris. His loyalty and strength of character are admired by all those around him, rich and poor and young and old alike. Two young men, carpenter Adam Bede and squire Captain Arthur Donnithorne, are both in love with the mercurial Hetty Sorrel. The centerpiece of the book, of course, is Adam Bede himself, a simple but hard-working carpenter who strives to be good at his craft and a dutiful son and brother. The story centres on a pastoral love triangle. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – an ironic ‘deception’ given that Adam Bede, her first novel, is written unashamedly from a feminist standpoint. Download cover art Download CD case insert Adam Bede (version 2)
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