Title: Adam Bede
First published: 1859
Description: Adam Bede is a hardy young carpenter who cares for his aging mother. His one weakness is the woman he loves blindly: the trifling town beauty, Hetty Sorrel, whose only delights are her baubles-and the delusion that the careless Captain Donnithorne may ask for her hand. Betrayed by their innocence, both Adam and Hetty allow their foolish hearts to trap them in a triangle of seduction, murder, and retribution.
Subjects: Fiction, England in fiction, Infanticide in fiction, Women clergy, Infanticide, Carpenters in fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Women clergy in fiction, Carpenters, Illegitimate children in fiction, Illegitimate children, England, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, Young women, Working class, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Adam Bede (Eliot, George), England, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Clergy, fiction, Manners and customs, Romance fiction, Fiction, general, Young women--fiction, Triangles (interpersonal relations)--fiction, Infanticide--fiction, Young women--great britain--17th century--fiction, Triangles (interpersonal relations)--great britain--17th century--fiction, Infanticide--great britain--17th century--fiction, Farm life, Farm life--great britain--17th century--fiction, Pr4656.a2 m37 2008, 823/.8, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Conduct of life, Drama, English literature, Country life, English fiction, Roman anglais
Places: England
Time periods: 19th century