![]() ![]() He would be proud to welcome Adam into his family as his son-in-law as well as his business partner. Adam is such a good worker that his employer, Jonathan Burge, has been encouraging him to get together with his daughter, Mary Burge. ![]() He is described as being tall and muscular and is respected by everyone for his honesty and solid work ethic. In the village lives a young carpenter by the name of Adam Bede. The novel is set in the village of Hayslope towards the end of the eighteenth century. ![]() The novel has remained in print ever since its original publication and is regularly used in university studies of nineteenth-century English literature. George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, a respected and well-published scholar of the time who, nevertheless, chose to publish her novels under the pseudonym. George Eliot’s first novel, Adam Bede, was first published in 1859. ![]()
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