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