Adam Bede
by George Eliot
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeExpect a stirring, serious novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.4 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- George Eliot
- Published
- 1859
- Pages
- 519
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- Open Library
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