Adam Bede

Opening of the book

Adam Bede
by George Eliot
CONTENTS
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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