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Adam Bede

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Jan 30, 2023 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: england, relationships, the-classics-club

Adam Bede. It worried me. The main character is a man, and I often have trouble feeling a connection with male main characters. It was first published in 1859, and I sometimes struggle with older titles. The dialogue is written in dialect, and that can be difficult to read. But it is the first book scheduled for Chapter-a-Day this year, and it's written by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), and both of those were great reasons to push through my worries.

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Aug 14, 2017 Ted Dettweiler rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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George Eliot chose an earlier period 1799 - 1808 for this novel in a rural setting. Lots of very nice dialog written in country vernacular. The reproduction of Methodists seems credibly good, to my eye. And the morals in this book come from all ends of the religious spectrum and even those betwixt and between. Good thoughts on vengeance by Reverend Irwine and put into practice by Adam Bede.

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