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Authors: George Eliot, Regina Barrecca (Afterword), F.R. Leavis
ISBN-13: 9780451529428, ISBN-10: 0451529421
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: Anniversar

Author Biography: George Eliot

Carol A. Martin is Professor of English at Boise State University.

Book Synopsis

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