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Adam Bede Study Guide

by George Eliot

Adam Bede study guide contains a biography of author George Eliot, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Adam Bede follows four characters in the rural village of Hayslope in 1799. It opens with the Bede brothers, Adam and Seth, at work in a carpentry shop. The other men tease Seth about his Methodism and the fact that he is in love with Dinah, the Methodist preacher. Dinah preaches in Hayslope that night and captivates even her skeptical audience. Seth walks her home and asks her to marry him for the second time, but she refuses, saying that it will interfere with her preaching.

Adam returns home to his mother, who is worried that his father is not yet home because he has promised to make a coffin for the next day. Thias Bede used to be an honorable man who taught his sons carpentry, but he has become a drunk in the last few years. Angry with…

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• Adam Bede Summary
• About Adam Bede
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Book First, Chapters 1-8
• Summary and Analysis of Book First, Chapters 9-16
• Summary and Analysis of Book Second
• Summary and Analysis of Book Third
• Summary and Analysis of Book Fourth
• Summary and Analysis of Book Fifth
• Summary and Analysis of Book Sixth
• Religion in Adam Bede
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• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
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