Titre :	Adam Bede
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	George Eliot ; Stephen Charles Gill
Editeur :	London [England] : Penguin Books
Année de publication :	1985
Importance :	607 p.
Présentation :	couv. ill. en coul.
Format :	18 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-14-043121-6
Note générale :	Originally published in 1859 Published in Penguin English Library 1980 ; reprinted in Penguin Classics 1985.
Langues :	Anglais
Catégories :	LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:429 Old english ; LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
Résumé :	The English Midlands at the turn of the eighteenth century is the setting for George Eliot's moving novels of three unworldly people trapped by unwise love. Adam Bede, a simple carpenter, loves too blindly; Hetty Sorrel, a coquettish beauty, loves too recklessly; and Arthur Donnithorn, a dashing squire, loves too carelessly. Betrayed by their innocence, vanity, and imprudence, their foolish hearts lead them to a tragic triangle of seduction, murder, and retribution. With emotional sincerity and intellectual integrity, George Eliot probes deeply into the psychology of commonplace people caught in the act of uncommon heroics. Alexander Dumas called this novel "the masterpiece of the century."

Adam Bede [texte imprimé] / George Eliot ; Stephen Charles Gill . - London (England) : Penguin Books, 1985 . - 607 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 18 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-14-043121-6
Originally published in 1859 Published in Penguin English Library 1980 ; reprinted in Penguin Classics 1985.
Langues : Anglais

Catégories :

LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:429 Old english ; LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature

Résumé :

The English Midlands at the turn of the eighteenth century is the setting for George Eliot's moving novels of three unworldly people trapped by unwise love. Adam Bede, a simple carpenter, loves too blindly; Hetty Sorrel, a coquettish beauty, loves too recklessly; and Arthur Donnithorn, a dashing squire, loves too carelessly. Betrayed by their innocence, vanity, and imprudence, their foolish hearts lead them to a tragic triangle of seduction, murder, and retribution. With emotional sincerity and intellectual integrity, George Eliot probes deeply into the psychology of commonplace people caught in the act of uncommon heroics. Alexander Dumas called this novel "the masterpiece of the century."