Adam Bede (character)
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Adam Bede is the eponymous main character of George Eliot
's novel Adam Bede
(1859).
Adam is an upright and moral carpenter who lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. He is Seth Bede's older brother and is the son of Thias and Lisbeth Bede. He has a dog
called "Gyp", and works for Mr Jonathan Burge. He also takes evening classes with Bartle Massey.
He is a friend of the Captain, Arthur Donnithorne, who makes him steward of his estate. Adam is in love with Hetty Sorrel
, a shallow, vain and selfish woman, who is nonetheless very pretty. Martin Poyser, Hetty's uncle, being very fond of Adam Bede, hopes that the two might marry.
When Adam interrupts a tryst between Hetty Sorrel and Capt. Donnithorne, the two of them end up fighting. After the Captain leaves, Hetty discovers she is pregnant. She agrees to marry Adam but shortly before their marriage, Hetty has second thoughts and leaves in search of Arthur.
Mary Burge, the daughter of Adam's boss, Jonathan, is also in love with Adam, and some hope the two will marry to cement a business relationship. But this does not come to pass.
Ultimately, Adam and Dinah Morris
, a Methodist preacher related by marriage to Hetty, marry and live peacefully with his family.
George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans , better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era...
's novel Adam Bede
Adam Bede
Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot , was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time...
(1859).
Adam is an upright and moral carpenter who lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. He is Seth Bede's older brother and is the son of Thias and Lisbeth Bede. He has a dog
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
called "Gyp", and works for Mr Jonathan Burge. He also takes evening classes with Bartle Massey.
He is a friend of the Captain, Arthur Donnithorne, who makes him steward of his estate. Adam is in love with Hetty Sorrel
Hetty Sorrel
Hetty Sorrel is a major character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede .Beautiful but thoughtless Hetty lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. Her home is on Mr. Martin Poyser's dairy farm as she is his niece. Because she is an extremely...
, a shallow, vain and selfish woman, who is nonetheless very pretty. Martin Poyser, Hetty's uncle, being very fond of Adam Bede, hopes that the two might marry.
When Adam interrupts a tryst between Hetty Sorrel and Capt. Donnithorne, the two of them end up fighting. After the Captain leaves, Hetty discovers she is pregnant. She agrees to marry Adam but shortly before their marriage, Hetty has second thoughts and leaves in search of Arthur.
Mary Burge, the daughter of Adam's boss, Jonathan, is also in love with Adam, and some hope the two will marry to cement a business relationship. But this does not come to pass.
Ultimately, Adam and Dinah Morris
Dinah Morris
Dinah Morris is a major character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede ; a Methodist lay preacher, she was modelled on Eliot's aunt Elizabeth Evans.Dinah visits the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799...
, a Methodist preacher related by marriage to Hetty, marry and live peacefully with his family.