Adam Bede
(2023)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Series:
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Canongate Books, 2023
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EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 20 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781907416798 MWT15909608, 190741679X 15909608
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Read by Hannah Gordon
A semi-philosophical fable. Our hero, a carpenter, loves Hetty Sorel, but she loves Arthur Donnithorne, a local squire. This story of a love triangle quickly progresses to themes altogether much darker, such as: who has the right to determine who lives and who dies? Adam Bede explores different morals, yet, it does not pass ultimate judgement on the actions of its characters. Praised for achieving something beyond the realms of Realism, Eliot's first published novel tackles difficult subjects such as bastardization and infanticide, with empathy and tact
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