{"product_id":"2940157735630","title":"Adam Bede","description":"Adam Bede*, published in 1859, was George Eliot's first novel. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a highly respected scholar at the time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Bede, the town carpenter, is in love with the coquettish beauty, Hetty Sorrel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnknown to him, he has a rival--the dashing squire, Arthur Donnithorne. \u003cbr\u003eHetty is attracted by Arthur's seductive appeal, and laboring under the delusion that Captain Donnithorne may ask for her hand, the lovers begin to meet in secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tale of seduction, betrayal, love and deception, the story is to have tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetrayed by their innocence, both Adam and Hetty allow their foolish hearts to trap them in a triangle of seduction, murder, and retribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880 was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She was born Mary Anne Evans, and adopted her male nom de plume so that her works would be taken seriously at a time when women were supposed to write only of \"lighthearted\" subjects. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda, most of them set in provincial England and known for their observational wit, psychological insight and dramatic realism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"The masterpiece of the century.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Alexandre Dumas","brand":"Newingtons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150013939952,"sku":"2940157735630","price":3.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157735630_p0.jpg?v=1764101700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157735630","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}