Adam Bede
by George Eliot (1859)
Book First
Chapter I: The Workshop
Chapter II: The Preaching
Chapter III: After the Preaching
Chapter IV: Home and Its Sorrows
Chapter V: The Rector
Chapter VI: The Hall Farm
Chapter VII: The Dairy
Chapter VIII: A Vocation
Chapter IX: Hetty's World
Chapter X: Dinah Visits Lisbeth
Chapter XI: In the Cottage
Chapter XII: In the Wood
Chapter XIII: Evening in the Wood
Chapter XIV: The Return Home
Chapter XV: The Two Bed-Chambers
Chapter XVI: Links
Book Second
Chapter XVII: In Which the Story Pauses a Little
Chapter XVIII: Church
Chapter XIX: Adam on a Working Day
Chapter XX: Adam Visits the Hall Farm
Chapter XXI: The Night-School and the Schoolmaster
Book Third
Chapter XXII: Going to the Birthday Feast
Chapter XXIII: Dinner-Time
Chapter XXIV: The Health-Drinking
Chapter XXV: The Games
Chapter XXVI: The Dance
Book Fourth
Chapter XXVII: A Crisis
Chapter XXVIII: A Dilemma
Chapter XXIX: The Next Morning
Chapter XXX: The Delivery of the Letter
Chapter XXXI: In Hetty's Bed-Chamber
Chapter XXXII: Mrs. Poyser “Has Her Say Out”
Chapter XXXIII: More Links
Chapter XXXIV: The Betrothal
Chapter XXXV: The Hidden Dread
Book Fifth
Chapter XXXVI: The Journey of Hope
Chapter XXXVII: The Journey in Despair
Chapter XXXVIII: The Quest
Chapter XXXIX: The Tidings
Chapter XL: The Bitter Waters Spread
Chapter XLI: The Eve of the Trial
Chapter XLII: The Morning of the Trial
Chapter XLIII: The Verdict
Chapter XLIV: Arthur's Return
Chapter XLV: In the Prison
Chapter XLVI: The Hours of Suspense
Chapter XLVII: The Last Moment
Chapter XLVIII: Another Meeting in the Wood
Book Sixth
Chapter XLIX: At the Hall Farm
Chapter L: In the Cottage
Chapter LI: Sunday Morning
Chapter LII: Adam and Dinah
Chapter LIII: The Harvest Supper
Chapter LIV: The Meeting on the Hill
Chapter LV: Marriage Bells
Epilogue
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