Adam Bede
by George Eliot
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About This Book
Adam Bede is a novel written by George Eliot, and it is the first in a series of novels by the author. The book is set in a rural English community and follows the lives of several characters, including the title character, Adam Bede. Adam is a carpenter who is deeply in love with a young woman named Hetty Sorrel, but she is in love with someone else. The novel explores themes of love, betrayal, and redemption, as well as the complexities of rural life in the 19th century. The book is considered a classic of English literature and is known for its vivid characters and richly detailed setting. ...
Chapters (64)
- Adam Bede
- CONTENTS
- Book First
- Chapter I The Workshop
- Chapter II The Preaching
- Chapter III After the Preaching
- Chapter IV Home and Its Sorrows
- Chapter V The Rector
- Chapter VI The Hall Farm
- Chapter VII The Dairy
- Chapter VIII A Vocation
- Chapter IX Hetty’s World
- Chapter X Dinah Visits Lisbeth
- Chapter XI In the Cottage
- Chapter XII In the Wood
- Chapter XIII Evening in the Wood
- Chapter XIV The Return Home
- Chapter XV The Two Bed-Chambers
- Chapter XVI Links
- Book Second
- Chapter XVII In Which the Story Pauses a Little
- Chapter XVIII Church
- Chapter XIX Adam on a Working Day
- Chapter XX Adam Visits the Hall Farm
- Chapter XXI The Night-School and the Schoolmaster
- Book Third
- Chapter XXII Going to the Birthday Feast
- Chapter XXIII Dinner-Time
- Chapter XXIV The Health-Drinking
- Chapter XXV The Games
- Chapter XXVI The Dance
- Book Fourth
- Chapter XXVII A crisis
- Chapter XXVIII A Dilemma
- Chapter XXIX The Next Morning
- Chapter XXX The Delivery of the Letter
- Chapter XXXI In Hetty’s Bed-Chamber
- Chapter XXXII Mrs. Poyser “Has Her Say Out”
- Chapter XXXIII More Links
- Chapter XXXIV The Betrothal
- Chapter XXXV The Hidden Dread
- Book Fifth
- Chapter XXXVI The Journey of Hope
- Chapter XXXVII The Journey in Despair
- Chapter XXXVIII The Quest
- Chapter XXXIX The Tidings
- Chapter XL The Bitter Waters Spread
- Chapter XLI The Eve of the Trial
- Chapter XLII The Morning of the Trial
- Chapter XLIII The Verdict
- Chapter XLIV Arthur’s Return
- Chapter XLV In the Prison
- Chapter XLVI The Hours of Suspense
- Chapter XLVII The Last Moment
- Chapter XLVIII Another Meeting in the Wood
- Book Sixth
- Chapter XLIX At the Hall Farm
- Chapter L In the Cottage
- Chapter LI Sunday Morning
- Chapter LII Adam and Dinah
- Chapter LIII The Harvest Supper
- Chapter LIV The Meeting on the Hill
- Chapter LV Marriage Bells
- Epilogue
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 686 / February 17, 1877
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