Eliot .:. Adam Bede

Eliot, George [d.i. Mary Ann Evans],
Adam Bede. London / New York: Dent / Dutton, 1972. IX, 516 Seiten. Pappband (gebunden) mit Farbkopfschnitt und Schutzumschlag. 187 x 120 mm.

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* Everyman’s Library. - Introduction by Robert Speaight
Bestell-Nr.158916 | ISBN: 0-460-00027-6

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Eliot | Englische Literatur

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INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT SPEAIGHT
Full moral responsibility for our actions and their consequences, sometimes 'terrible consequences—consequences hardly ever confined to ourselves '—that is the heart of Adam Bede. We see the fall of Hetty Sorrel, her seduction by Arthur Donnithorne, the misery of Adam Bede that followed and his marriage with Dinah Morris. Like life itself, the undertones of the novel am tragic, but what will surprise readers new to the book, as it surprised those of the novelist's own time, is the rare, high humour that accompanies the excitement of the drama.

jacket drawing by Fred Exell

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