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Adam Bede (version 2)

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. - Summary by Tom Denholm

Year of Publication: 1859Genres: Culture & Heritage Fiction , Romance

Running Time: 25 hours 44 minutes 57 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Book 1, Chapter 1, The Workshop Tom Denholm	23:52
2	Chapter 2, The Preaching, Part i Tom Denholm	30:42
3	Chapter 2, The Preaching, Part ii Tom Denholm	28:35
4	Chapter 3, After the Preaching Tom Denholm	18:44
5	Chapter 4, Home and its Sorrows, Part i Tom Denholm	24:08
6	Chapter 4, Home and its Sorrows, Part ii Tom Denholm	20:46
7	Chapter 5, The Rector, Part i Tom Denholm	20:12
8	Chapter 5, The Rector, Part ii Tom Denholm	28:40
9	Chapter 6, The Hall Farm Tom Denholm	34:42
10	Chapter 7, The Dairy Tom Denholm	15:01
11	Chapter 8, A Vocation Tom Denholm	23:02
12	Chapter 9, Hetty's World Tom Denholm	20:06
13	Chapter 10, Dinah Visits Lisbeth Tom Denholm	34:13
14	Chapter 11, In the Cottage Tom Denholm	23:00
15	Chapter 12, In the Wood Tom Denholm	33:48
16	Chapter 13, Evening in the Wood Tom Denholm	15:35
17	Chapter 14, The Return Home Tom Denholm	26:09
18	Chapter 15, The Two Bed-Chambers Tom Denholm	39:28
19	Chapter 16, Links Tom Denholm	37:18
20	Book 2, Chapter 17, In Which the Story Pauses a Little Tom Denholm	28:47
21	Chapter 18, Church, Part i Tom Denholm	32:10
22	Chapter 18, Church, Part ii Tom Denholm	34:11
23	Chapter 19, Adam on a Working Day Tom Denholm	19:22
24	Chapter 20, Adam Visits the Hall Farm, Part i Tom Denholm	26:46
25	Chapter 20, Adam Visits the Hall Farm, Part ii Tom Denholm	24:25
26	Chapter 21, The Night-School and the Schoolmaster, Part i Tom Denholm	20:06
27	Chapter 21, The Night-School and the Schoolmaster, Part ii Tom Denholm	23:18
28	Book 3, Chapter 22, Going to the Birthday Feast Tom Denholm	30:43
29	Chapter 23, Dinner-Time Tom Denholm	13:39
30	Chapter 24, The Health-Drinking Tom Denholm	23:00
31	Chapter 25, The Games Tom Denholm	23:34
32	Chapter 26, The Dance Tom Denholm	31:15
33	Book 4, Chapter 27, A Crisis Tom Denholm	32:52
34	Chapter 28, A Dilemma Tom Denholm	22:44
35	Chapter 29, The Next Morning Tom Denholm	23:25
36	Chapter 30, The Delivery of the Letter Tom Denholm	37:36
37	Chapter 31, In Hetty's Bedchamber Tom Denholm	28:33
38	Chapter 32, Mrs Poyser 'Has Her Say Out' Tom Denholm	26:58
39	Chapter 33, More Links Tom Denholm	19:25
40	Chapter 34, The Betrothal Tom Denholm	13:10
41	Chapter 35, The Hidden Dread Tom Denholm	16:57
42	Book 5, Chapter 36, The Journey of Hope Tom Denholm	25:53
43	Chapter 37,The Journey in Despair Tom Denholm	36:26
44	Chapter 38, The Quest Tom Denholm	40:37
45	Chapter 39,The Tidings Tom Denholm	22:12
46	Chapter 40, The Bitter Waters Spread Tom Denholm	25:25
47	Chapter 41, The Eve of the Trial Tom Denholm	15:20
48	Chapter 42, The Morning of the Trial Tom Denholm	13:47
49	Chapter 43, The Verdict Tom Denholm	21:54
50	Chapter 44, Arthur's Return Tom Denholm	21:23
51	Chapter 45, In the Prison Tom Denholm	32:14
52	Chapter 46, The Hours of Suspense Tom Denholm	18:01
53	Chapter 47, The Last Moment Tom Denholm	3:08
54	Chapter 48, Another Meeting in the Wood Tom Denholm	27:16
55	Book 6, Chapter 49, At the Hall Farm Tom Denholm	27:12
56	Chapter 50, In the Cottage Tom Denholm	31:43
57	Chapter 51, Sunday Morning Tom Denholm	35:11
58	Chapter 52, Adam and Dinah Tom Denholm	25:16
59	Chapter 53, The Harvest Supper Tom Denholm	37:16
60	Chapter 54, The Meeting on the Hill Tom Denholm	16:04
61	Chapter 55, Marriage Bells Tom Denholm	7:20
62	Epilogue Tom Denholm	10:22