ADAM BEDE

 

By

 

George Eliot

 


CONTENTS:

 

Book One. 4

Chapter I The Workshop. 4

Chapter II The Preaching. 11

Chapter III After the Preaching. 25

Chapter IV Home and Its Sorrows. 29

Chapter V The Rector 40

Chapter VI The Hall Farm.. 52

Chapter VII The Dairy. 61

Chapter VIII A Vocation. 65

Chapter IX Hetty's World. 72

Chapter X Dinah Visits Lisbeth. 77

Chapter XI In the Cottage. 85

Chapter XII In the Wood. 92

Chapter XIII Evening in the Wood. 100

Chapter XIV The Return Home. 104

Chapter XV The Two Bed-Chambers. 111

Chapter XVI Links. 120

Book Two. 129

Chapter XVII In Which the Story Pauses a Little. 129

Chapter XVIII Church. 135

Chapter XIX Adam on a Working Day. 151

Chapter XX Adam Visits the Hall Farm.. 156

Chapter XXI The Night-School and the Schoolmaster 169

Book Three. 180

Chapter XXII Going to the Birthday Feast 180

Chapter XXIII Dinner-Time. 188

Chapter XXIV The Health-Drinking. 192

Chapter XXV The Games. 197

Chapter XXVI The Dance. 203

Book Four 211

Chapter XXVII A crisis. 211

Chapter XXVIII A Dilemma. 219

Chapter XXIX The Next Morning. 225

Chapter XXX The Delivery of the Letter 231

Chapter XXXI In Hetty's Bed-Chamber 241

Chapter XXXII Mrs. Poyser "Has Her Say Out" 248

Chapter XXXIII More Links. 255

Chapter XXXIV The Betrothal 260

Chapter XXXV The Hidden Dread. 264

Book Five. 268

Chapter XXXVI The Journey of Hope. 268

Chapter XXXVII The Journey in Despair 275

Chapter XXXVIII The Quest 284

Chapter XXXIX The Tidings. 295

Chapter XL The Bitter Waters Spread. 301

Chapter XLI The Eve of the Trial 308

Chapter XLII The Morning of the Trial 312

Chapter XLIII The Verdict 316

Chapter XLIV Arthur's Return. 321

Chapter XLV In the Prison. 326

Chapter XLVI The Hours of Suspense. 334

Chapter XLVII The Last Moment