Adam Bede
Descriere
Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthur's seductive charm and they begin to meet in secret. The relationship is to have tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves, touching not just Adam Bede, but many others, not least, pious Methodist Preacher Dinah Morris. A tale of seduction, betrayal, love and deception, the plot of Adam Bede has the quality of an English folk song. Within the setting of Hayslope, a small, rural community, Eliot brilliantly creates a sense of earthy reality, making the landscape itself as vital a presence in the novel as that of her characters themselves.
Despre autor
Mary Anne (Mary Ann, Marian) Evans, mai bine cunoscută sub pseudonimul George Eliot, a fost o romancieră și teoretician literar engleză. Ea a fost printre scriitorii fruntași ai erei victoriene, romanele ei fiind o analiză realistă a societății provinciale englezești din acea epocă.
