Adam Bede

Name: Adam Bede
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: George Eliot
ISBN: 9781907416798

Author: George Eliot

Narrator: Hannah Gordon

Abridged: 2 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: CSA Word

Published: 08/24/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

An absorbing, semi-philosophical fable. Our hero, a carpenter, loves Hetty Sorel, but she loves Arthur Donnithorne, a local squire. This story of a love triangle quickly progresses to themes altogether much darker, such as: who has the right to determine who lives and who dies? Adam Bede explores different morals, yet, it does not pass ultimate judgement on the actions of its characters. Praised for achieving something beyond the realms of Realism, Eliot's first published novel tackles difficult subjects such as bastardization and infanticide, with empathy and tact.
The audio is read by Hannah Gordon.

About George Eliot

George Eliot is the masculine pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), one of Victorian England's leading novelists. Her first stories appeared in Blackwood's magazine, followed by such novels as The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and Middlemarch. Her work was popular with critics and the public alike, and in later years her novels were especially valued for their detailed portrayals of rural English life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barry on August 16, 2018

The fact that George Eliot called this novel Adam Bede and not Hetty Sorrel proves that there is no justice in this world. The novel itself, Eliot’s first, is a fairly quaint pastoral romance. Everyone’s in love with the wrong person. You get the picture. The plot doesn’t really wear the novel’s weig......more

Goodreads review by Lark on November 02, 2022

Q: why did I read this again? A: because I love it......more

Goodreads review by Issicratea on August 16, 2018

Adam Bede (1859) was George Eliot’s first novel, preceded only by her short fiction collection, Scenes of Clerical Life. The novel was recognized as a masterpiece from the start. The Times review stated that “the author takes rank among the masters of the craft” and describes “him” as possessing “ge......more