Adam Bede
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Adam Bede

By George EliotNarrated by Tom Denholm
Length25h 37m

About this audiobook

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – an ironic 'deception' given that Adam Bede, her first novel, is written unashamedly from a feminist standpoint. The story centres on a pastoral love triangle. Two young men, carpenter Adam Bede and squire Captain Arthur Donnithorne, are both in love with the mercurial Hetty Sorrel. There's a further love interest between Adam and beautiful lay preacher Dinah Morris. The setting is a country village in the north of England in the last years of the eighteenth century. The author paints a wonderful landscape of contemporary life as it really was, and excels in the portraits of her characters. Each is flawed, each has their own passions, each is unique, and through this great novel, Eliot put her stamp on literature and on the way we view the vagaries of character, helping us to see people as they really are. This is one of the greatest novels in the English language. First published in 1859, Adam Bede has never been out of print since, which speaks volumes about its timeless quality.

Audiobook details

GenreRomance, Other
Length25 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byTom Denholm
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Workshop
32The Dance
2The Preaching, Pt. 1
33A Crisis
3The Preaching, Pt. 2
34A Dilemma
4After the Preaching
35The Next Morning
5Home and Its Sorrows, Pt. 1
36The Delivery of the Letter
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6Home and Its Sorrows, Pt. 2
37In Hetty's Bedchamber
7The Rector, Pt. 1
38Mrs Poyser 'Has Her Say Out'
8The Rector, Pt. 2
39More Links
9The Hall Farm
40The Betrothal
10The Dairy
41The Hidden Dread
11A Vocation
42The Journey of Hope
12Hetty's World
43The Journey in Despair
13Dinah Visits Lisbeth
44The Quest
14In the Cottage
45The Tidings
15In the Wood
46The Bitter Waters Spread
16Evening in the Wood
47The Eve of the Trial
17The Return Home
48The Morning of the Trial
18The Two Bed-Chambers
49The Verdict
19Links
50Arthur's Return
20In Which the Story Pauses a Little
51In the Prison
21Church, Pt. 1
52The Last Moment
22Church, Pt. 2
53The Hours of Suspense
23Adam on a Working Day
54Another Meeting in the Wood
24Adam Visits the Hall Farm, Pt. 1
55At the Hall Farm
25Adam Visits the Hall Farm, Pt. 2
56In the Cottage Again
26The Night-School and the Schoolmaster, Pt. 1
57Sunday Morning
27The Night-School and the Schoolmaster, Pt. 2
58Adam and Dinah
28Going to the Birthday Feast
59The Harvest Supper
29Dinner-Time
60The Meeting on the Hill
30The Health-Drinking
61Marriage Bells
31The Games
62Epilogue
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