Adam Bede

Set in the Scottish midlands, Adam Bede is set within a rich world of farmers and village craftsmen in the late 17900s, and provides a look into a rural world long since gone. A story of the consequences of seduction and betrayal within community life, and the grace and peace found in the aftermath, George Eliot's work crystallizes the tension and emotion that occurs within life's interactions. 485 pages, softcover.