Adam Bede

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Adam Bede is a 1859 realist novel by George Eliot that portrays rural English life and moral dilemmas through the story of a principled carpenter and those around him.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author George Eliot
authorRealName George Eliot
surface form: Mary Ann Evans
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception considered an important early work of George Eliot
highly praised for realism
firstPublicationForm book
firstPublisher Blackwood and Sons
form prose
genre psychological fiction
realist novel
social novel
hasAdaptation Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adam Bede (1918 film)

Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adam Bede (1920 film)

Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adam Bede (1991 television series)
hasCharacter Irwine
Lisbeth
surface form: Lisbeth Bede

Mrs Poyser
Seth Bede
inspiredBy stories told by George Eliot’s Methodist aunt
length full-length novel
literaryMovement Victorian literature
realism
mainCharacter Adam Bede self-link
Arthur Donnithorne
Dinah Morris
Hetty Sorrel
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
notableFeature detailed depiction of rural English life
strong moral and psychological characterization
originalLanguage English
protagonistOccupation carpenter
publicationYear 1859
publisherLocation Edinburgh
London, England
surface form: London
settingLocation rural England
settingRegion Staffordshire
settingTimePeriod late 18th century
theme gender roles
guilt and redemption
moral responsibility
religious faith
rural community life
social class

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Adam Bede hasAdaptation Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adam Bede (1918 film)
Adam Bede hasAdaptation Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adam Bede (1920 film)
Adam Bede hasAdaptation Adam Bede self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adam Bede (1991 television series)
Hetty Sorrel appearsIn Adam Bede
Hetty Sorrel loveInterestOf Adam Bede
Hetty Sorrel desiredBy Adam Bede
Arthur Donnithorne appearsIn Adam Bede
Arthur Donnithorne influencesPlotOf Adam Bede
this entity surface form: Adam Bede (character)
Seth Bede fictionalUniverse Adam Bede
Seth Bede appearsIn Adam Bede
Seth Bede sibling Adam Bede
Seth Bede supportsProtagonist Adam Bede
Irwine fictionalUniverse Adam Bede
Mrs Poyser appearsIn Adam Bede
Dinah Morris fictionalUniverse Adam Bede
Dinah Morris appearsIn Adam Bede
Dinah Morris spouse Adam Bede
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