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Authors: George Eliot, Carol A. Martin
ISBN-13: 9780199203475, ISBN-10: 0199203474
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: July 2008
Edition: 2nd Edition
Carol A. Martin is Professor of English at Boise State University.
The seemingly peaceful country village of Hayslope is the setting for this ambitious first novel by George Eliot. Adam Bede addresses profound questions of morality, religion, and the role of women in society, while at the same time seeking to establish a new aesthetic for fiction.
Foreword | vii | |
Book I | ||
Chap. I | The Workshop | 17 |
Chap. II | The Preaching | 25 |
Chap. III | After the Preaching | 43 |
Chap. IV | Home and Its Sorrows | 48 |
Chap. V | The Rector | 62 |
Chap. VI | The Hall Farm | 78 |
Chap. VII | The Dairy | 89 |
Chap. VIII | A Vocation | 94 |
Chap. IX | Hetty's World | 101 |
Chap. X | Dinah Visits Lisbeth | 108 |
Chap. XI | In the Cottage | 118 |
Chap. XII | In the Wood | 126 |
Chap. XIII | Evening in the Wood | 136 |
Chap. XIV | The Return Home | 141 |
Chap. XV | The Two Bed-Chambers | 149 |
Chap. XVI | Links | 161 |
Book II | ||
Chap. XVII | In Which the Story Pauses a Little | 174 |
Chap. XVIII | Church | 183 |
Chap. XIX | Adam on a Working Day | 203 |
Chap. XX | Adam Visits the Hall Farm | 209 |
Chapt. XXI | The Night-School and the Schoolmaster | 226 |
Book III | ||
Chap. XXII | Going to the Birthday Feast | 241 |
Chap. XXIII | Dinner-Time | 251 |
Chap. XXIV | The Health-Drinking | 255 |
Chap. XXV | The Games | 262 |
Chap. XXVI | The Dance | 270 |
Book IV | ||
Chap. XXVII | A Crisis | 281 |
Chap. XXVIII | A Dilemma | 291 |
Chap. XXIX | The Next Morning | 298 |
Chap. XXX | The Delivery of the Letter | 305 |
Chap. XXXI | In Hetty's Bed-Chamber | 317 |
Chap. XXXII | Mrs. Poyser "Has Her Say Out" | 326 |
Chap. XXXIII | More Links | 335 |
Chap. XXXIV | The Betrothal | 341 |
Chap. XXXV | The Hidden Dread | 345 |
Book V | ||
Chap. XXXVI | The Journey in Hope | 352 |
Chap. XXXVII | The Journey in Despair | 360 |
Chap. XXXVIII | The Quest | 372 |
Chap. XXXIX | The Tidings | 385 |
Chap. XL | The Bitter Waters Spread | 391 |
Chap. XLI | The Eve of the Trial | 399 |
Chap. XLII | The Morning of the Trial | 404 |
Chap. XLIII | The Verdict | 408 |
Chap. XLIV | Arthur's Return | 415 |
Chap. XLV | In the Prison | 422 |
Chap. XLVI | The Hours of Suspense | 431 |
Chap. XLVII | The Last Moment | 437 |
Chap. XLVIII | Another Meeting in the Wood | 438 |
Book VI | ||
Chap. XLIX | At the Hall Farm | 447 |
Chap. L | In the Cottage | 456 |
Chap. LI | Sunday Morning | 466 |
Chap. LII | Adam and Dinah | 477 |
Chap. LIII | The Harvest Supper | 485 |
Chap. LIV | The Meeting on the Hill | 497 |
Chap. LV | Marriage Bells | 501 |
Epilogue | 504 | |
Selected Bibliography | 508 | |
A Note on the Text | 510 |