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Adam Bede
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community. Eliot's gift for leisurely and lyrical prose is in full effect here and her insight into human emotion and complexity is unrivalled.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-09-24
Superb
I have now listened to this book at least 20 times. The most enjoyable ever.
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- Sarah Phillips
- 03-02-23
Great book, brilliantly read.
Georgina Sutton’s voices & diction bring George Eliot’s first masterpiece alive. I could not recommend more.
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- Ellabeck
- 03-04-15
A story of country folk in the time of John Wesley
I did not expect quite so much preaching, and found the book rather long. The plot could well have been dealt with in half as many words. The narrator captured the mood perfectly and was adept at voicing the recognisable characters with great variety of tone and dialect.
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- Julieb
- 06-04-21
a classic and excellent narrator
made all the better by the skills of the narrator. beautiful book wonderfully read. recommended.
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- M. Bolch
- 20-05-19
an unread classic?
A really good story well written by Mary - a brilliant writer,
I purchased the book but print was too small so i bought this instead and i’m so glad that I did.
I loved the different accents of the narrator - well spoken and easy to understand all the way through.
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- Bill M
- 07-04-17
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Good Story. Excellent narration that brought the characters to life and held my interest throughout the book:-):-)
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- highlander
- 18-11-20
wonderful story
just loved this book as I enjoy most by george eliot
full of wisdom and understanding of human nature.
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- A. C. McCrea
- 11-06-24
Another wonderful chronicle of the times
I always think it is wonderful how George Elliot managers to paint vividly a critical picture of whatever time she portrays in history. In Adam Bede the story is set early in the 19th century somewhere in Yorkshire. There are some wonderful passages about pure believe and communion with something or someone bigger than ourselves in the voice of another inspiring heroine, Dina, as well as a chronicle about the false promises of progress and modernity already sensed by the author back then. Adam is a true pillar of value and valor. Another favorite passage is about the fact that characters in this story navigate in and out of grey areas. combining perfectly good character traits with fallible gestures. The author praises the importance of taking people as they are and holding our judgment. Very refreshing to see a story where the main characters are working class, real people. And they are quite enough.
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- Myopic
- 09-05-21
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Good book. Another dreadful performance. Why not just read the book? Waste of money. Useless
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- rupert
- 18-01-23
Excellent
Wonderful book, beautifully read. Very much a Victorian morality tale but very well written and performed.
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