{"product_id":"adam-bede-george-eliot-folio-society-classics-1999-1st-edition-vgc","title":"Adam Bede","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n Adam Bede by George Eliot. Single volume edition from Complete Novels of George Eliot set. Introduced by Jane Gardam. 20 engravings by Peter Reddick. Bound in dark brown cloth blocked with a gilt design. 483pp. 22.7x15cm.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  The first novel written by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. Published in 1859, it is set 60 years earlier in the fictional village of Hayslope, where a morally-upright carpenter named Adam Bede is in love with Hetty Sorrel, a pretty and self-absorbed dairymaid. When Hetty falls pregnant by the young squire of the village, she runs away, gives birth in secret and kills her baby. She is sent to prison and sentenced to death. It falls to her cousin, the Methodist preacher Dinah Morris, to impress upon her the gravity of her situation and turn her mind to repentance. Meanwhile Adam, shocked by Hetty's crime and by the discovery of her relationship with the squire, has to reassess his rigid views of morality.\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n Please look closely at the photos as they are part of the description. Will wrap and pack very carefully. Will post worldwide.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n Any questions please ask. In the unlikely event you do encounter a problem, please do message me first to resolve it, and I will do my best to help.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n All the books are stored in our smoke-free, climate-controlled shop in Surbiton, London.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54986425729363,"sku":"23950","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/10_0a7143f0-664b-4e36-bd4d-cf8af0eb0173.jpg?v=1789770289","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/adam-bede-george-eliot-folio-society-classics-1999-1st-edition-vgc","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}