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Adam BedeGeorge Eliot

Adam Bede

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Original author: George Eliot

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"Adam Bede" by George Eliot is a novel first published in 1859. Set in the rural community of Hayslope in 1799, it follows a love entanglement among four characters: the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, the beautiful but vain Hetty Sorrel, the charming young squire Arthur Donnithorne, and the devout Methodist preacher Dinah Morris. When forbidden attraction leads to seduction and devastating consequences, the story unfolds into tragedy involving child murder, guilt, and the search for redemption in a close-knit pastoral world.

Adam Bede, by George Eliot. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #507.

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55 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Workshop3,070 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: The Preaching8,017 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: After the Preaching2,483 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Home and Its Sorrows6,048 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: The Rector6,721 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Hall Farm5,055 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Dairy1,964 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: A Vocation3,286 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Hetty’s World2,807 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Dinah Visits Lisbeth4,878 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: In the Cottage3,331 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: In the Wood4,309 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Evening in the Wood2,072 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Return Home3,564 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Two Bed-Chambers5,447 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Links5,274 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: In Which the Story Pauses a Little3,848 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Church9,041 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: Adam on a Working Day2,711 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX: Adam Visits the Hall Farm7,208 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI: The Night-School and the Schoolmaster6,341 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII: Going to the Birthday Feast4,426 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII: Dinner-Time1,879 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV: The Health-Drinking3,272 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV: The Games3,103 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXVI: The Dance4,406 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVII: A crisis4,522 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVIII: A Dilemma2,926 words
  1. 29.Chapter XXIX: The Next Morning3,032 words
  2. 30.Chapter XXX: The Delivery of the Letter5,295 words
  3. 31.Chapter XXXI: In Hetty’s Bed-Chamber3,931 words
  4. 32.Chapter XXXII: Mrs. Poyser “Has Her Say Out”3,687 words
  5. 33.Chapter XXXIII: More Links2,664 words
  6. 34.Chapter XXXIV: The Betrothal1,808 words
  7. 35.Chapter XXXV: The Hidden Dread2,389 words
  8. 36.Chapter XXXVI: The Journey of Hope3,581 words
  9. 37.Chapter XXXVII: The Journey in Despair5,063 words
  10. 38.Chapter XXXVIII: The Quest5,536 words
  11. 39.Chapter XXXIX: The Tidings2,796 words
  12. 40.Chapter XL: The Bitter Waters Spread3,555 words
  13. 41.Chapter XLI: The Eve of the Trial1,984 words
  14. 42.Chapter XLII: The Morning of the Trial1,794 words
  15. 43.Chapter XLIII: The Verdict2,946 words
  16. 44.Chapter XLIV: Arthur’s Return2,933 words
  17. 45.Chapter XLV: In the Prison4,232 words
  18. 46.Chapter XLVI: The Hours of Suspense2,243 words
  19. 47.Chapter XLVII: The Last Moment331 words
  20. 48.Chapter XLVIII: Another Meeting in the Wood3,618 words
  21. 49.Chapter XLIX: At the Hall Farm3,709 words
  22. 50.Chapter L: In the Cottage4,373 words
  23. 51.Chapter LI: Sunday Morning4,819 words
  24. 52.Chapter LII: Adam and Dinah3,317 words
  25. 53.Chapter LIII: The Harvest Supper4,940 words
  26. 54.Chapter LIV: The Meeting on the Hill2,121 words
  27. 55.Chapter LV: Marriage Bells2,295 words