Adam Bede By George Eliot (Fully Illustrated Edition)
Author | : George Eliot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 2021-05-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798503056822 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time.The story's plot follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope-a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love triangle between beautiful but self-absorbed Hetty Sorrel, Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her, Adam Bede, her unacknowledged suitor, and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent, virtuous and beautiful Methodist lay preacher.