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George Eliot s first full-length novel,
Adam Bede paints a powerful portrait of rural life, seduction, faith, and redemption. First published in 1859, this innovative novel carried its readers back sixty years to a time of impending change for England and the wider world. Eliot s penetrating portrayal of the interaction of ordinary people brought a new social realism to the novel, in which humor and tragedy co-exist, and fellow-feeling is the mainstay of human relationships. This is the first edition based on Eliot s final revision of the novel in 1861, using the definitive Clarendon text. It includes Eliot s journal entry on the real-life origins of the story and broadsheet accounts of Mary Voce, whose execution provided the germ of the novel. Carol Martin s superb Introduction sheds light on the novel s historical context and some of the main issues it explores: the role of work, class, and relations between the sexes, and Eliot s belief that the artist s duty is "the faithful representing of commonplace things." The book includes comprehensive notes that identify literary and historical allusions.
About the Series: For over 100 years
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