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'Our deeds carry their terrible consequences...consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves.' Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire, Arthur Donnithorne. His dalliance with the dairymaid has unforeseen consequences that affect the lives of many in their small rural community. First published in 1859, Adam Bede carried its readers back sixty years to the lush countryside of Eliot's native Warwickshire, and a time of impending change for England and the wider world. Eliot's powerful portrayal of the interaction of ordinary people brought a new social realism to the novel, in which humour and tragedy co-exist, and fellow-feeling is the mainstay of human relationships. Faith, in the figure of Methodist preacher Dinah Morris, offers redemption to all who are willing to embrace it. This new edition is based on the definitive Clarendon edition and Eliot's corrected text of 1861. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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    2
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    Oxford University Press UK
  5. Publication date
    1 August 2008
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.69 x 2.74 x 12.95 cm
  8. Print length
    592 pages
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this was a wonderful novel, layered and beautiful and complex. The fact that I wanted there to be even more of it is a testimony to how good it was. ― Jenny Brown, Shelf Love

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`Review from previous edition 'Carol Martin demonstrates that the first edition will not do and persuasively makes the case for taking as copy-text the corrected 'eighth edition' of 1861...the notes are the best available'' Stephen Gill, The George Eliot Review, No. 33, 2002 [n.b. Gill is editor of the Penguin edition, which uses the first edition text]

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press UK; 2 edition (1 August 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199203474
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199203475
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.69 x 2.74 x 12.95 cm
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Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.

She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

Her 1872 work Middlemarch has been described by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Swiss artist Alexandre-Louis-François d'Albert-Durade (1804-86) [Public Domain], via English Wikipedia.

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SCook
5.0 out of 5 stars Encantadora, encantadora
Reviewed in Spain on 15 August 2020
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Su primera novela. Encantadora, encantadora. La vida lenta de la gente del campo escrita de manera encantadora.
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chris
1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid the 'publisher' called "CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform"
Reviewed in Canada on 28 September 2016
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Steer clear of the 'publisher' of this book whose name is "CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform".

This review is not about the content of this book - it's great, of course, because it's George Eliot. I'm giving this the worst review I can because the publishers of this book are scammers. They just slapped this text together, the font is incredibly small (smaller than 10 point i.e. nearly microscopic) and they've made the book look like it's published by Penguin.
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Sue B P
5.0 out of 5 stars Glad I discovered this classic!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 March 2016
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As a lifelong avid reader of classic and historical fiction I am surprised that I never ran across this author before. I had heard of the name and actually read Silas Marner in high school but never connected with any of her other works. This book puts you in the early 19th century I guess it was considered historical fiction at the time it was written in 1859. It is about a fictional country estate and the squire and his tenants. The colloquial speech as written is sometimes difficult to follow and there is a bit too much philosophizing for an easy read. But the pathos of the story makes it all worth while. You will come to love all the characters in spite of their quirks. I'm glad I read this book and will certainly be reading more by this author!
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Chris Armstrong
5.0 out of 5 stars A very human writer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2014
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There could not be a more thoughtful writer than George Eliot, she considered everything of what it means to be human and wove it into her novels. Adam Bede is perhaps not as sophisticated in style as Daniel Deronda, but is still a wonderful read. George takes us on a slow journey through her pastoral landscape and what she says of life in the 19th century, you find is often just as relevant to us now.
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Carlos
3.0 out of 5 stars Letra MUY pequeña
Reviewed in Spain on 18 July 2019
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Un gran libro, una pena que el formato de edición sea tan poco adecuado. La letra es minúscula, cuesta mucho esfuerzo leerla incluso para alguien sin problemas en la vista como yo. Recomiendo buscarlo en un formato que permita una mejor lectura.
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