Adam Bede--George Eliot

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Adam Bede was written by George Eliot, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, in 1859. She used a man's name to produce a readership easier to sustain. Many women wrote published books in her day, but she thought a man's name would push her books even further. The story is set at the beginning of the 19th century, and as you probably guessed it's about a man named Adam Bede. He's a wonderful moral man who lives in a modest village, and presently will have his heart broken by Hetty, who lives at her uncle's dairy farm. The concept of the story may appear as a romance genre, but it's far more than that. The characters and their actions are quite interesting, including a Methodist female minister. Mary Evans creates extraordinaire characters in a monotonous, yet lovely landscape. In nearly all books where the rich land owner takes advantage of a beautiful milk maid, then one might suspect that his life is nothing deeper than a terrible existence, but this is not true in our story. He is a sweet and caring man who instigates a desire into a terrible mistake that leaves death and sorrow in his wake. About twenty percent of the book is long winded and boring (similar to this post ), but the remaining eighty percent is exceptional. Have you ever read Adam Bede or any books by George Eliot? https://pixabay.com/photos/hill-wooden-fence-sunset-sunrise-5393685/