George Eliot

Sheba Blake

Adam Bede follows the lives of a fictional rural community. The life and expectations of the good carpenter Adam Bede are disrupted when the local lord takes liberties below his station and his conscience. The novel is a discussion of class and education and also of religion, with the female Methodist preacher Dinah Morris coming to the fore as the novel progresses.

Adam Bede

Adam Bede (Oxford World's Classics)

Lia 

Cheryl Hedlund

The pace was slow at the beginning. Hit a turning point and then the plot really took off. Excellent descriptions of setting and landscapes. Characterizations of the central characters were well done (there are tons of supporting and side characters as well.) George Eliot dealt with some difficult topics with thoughtfulness and compassion. Except for one thing. I felt bad about how Eliot treated poor Seth (Adam's brother) in the book. He was a very kind, patient, and good-hearted man. But no one gave him any attention or much kindness. Especially his mother. She was awful to him. I desperately wanted him to get some happiness of his own or at least some respect before the last page of the book. But, no. Nothing.

Melih 

Adam Bede (Signet Classics)

Clare B

Joshua Line

Adam Bede (Penguin Classics)

Vivian

Laura Porch

Katie Chua

Eloise

Kathy Rodger 

Susan Beddes

Kelsi Proulx

Ashley Dotterweich

Sam Spott

Stephen Gill

Trevor Berrett

Adam Bede follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope -- a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love "rectangle" between beautiful but self-absorbed Hetty Sorrel; Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her; Adam Bede, her unacknowledged suitor; and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent, virtuous and beautiful Methodist lay preacher.

Greta V. 

Anna Adams

Adam Bede

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