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 NERFINISHED
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)
Adam Bede mainCharacter Adam Bede self-link
George Eliot notableWork Adam Bede