Adam Bede Resources
ARTICLES AND ELIOT RESOURCES
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A society for scholars, readers, and other proud Eliotians, Eliotites, Eliotists? What is the word for someone who loves George Eliot? These people must know.
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An outstanding resource on Victorian authors, culture, and literature. Yup: that includes Ms. Eliot.
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There've been almost 40 biographies of Eliot. (With literary biographies, there can never be only one.) So let's see what the critics are saying about Nancy Henry's book.
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Don't have time to read a George Eliot biography of Adam Bede-ian proportions? Check out the following overview of Eliot's life and writing.
AUDIO AND VIDEO
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Our fine friends at Librivox have read, recorded, and released every chapter of Adam Bede. The book's fifty-odd chapters have been divided among a bunch of readers. You won't get bored by any one voice, but you will get a top-quality, easy-to-use audiobook—and for free. Not a bad deal.
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This video clip may be a bit amateurish—or, to be honest, flat-out amateur. But Hetty's a bit of an amateur, prancing around in her "finery" and dreaming of wealth. So it fits. And one way or another, it's a funky, playful look at Hetty's ideal world, amateurism and all.
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First of all, yes, that is a zombie on a horse in the background. Apparently somebody used video game graphics (and mumbly dialogue) to create a condensed version of Adam Bede. It's not a bad summary, amazingly. And if you don't mind seeing a ninja or two wandering around, this clip might put a smile on your face.
MOVIE OR TV PRODUCTIONS
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Turns out somebody made Adam Bede into a silent film back in the day. Weird thing to do with a novel where everyone talks so much, but we like ideas that just might be weird enough to work beautifully—like this one.
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At 102 minutes, this BBC adaptation isn't as mind-numbingly long as it could be. Why not give it a chance, with its bonnets and short pants and old-timey dialogue and everything else?
IMAGES
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Still trying to figure out what Eliot's characters look like? Even if you're not, this collection of Adam Bede images might be worth a gander.
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Here are some sketches of the woman behind Adam Bede, Middlemarch, and other gargantuan books.