Adam BedeThe Clarendon edition of Adam Bede (1859) is the first critical edition of the work that established George Eliot's reputation. Its extensive textual apparatus lists manuscript and first edition variants from the copy-text, which is the corrected eighth edition of 1861--her last revision ofthe book. The introduction locates the genesis of the novel in Eliot's family history, her travels, and her reading of literature and biography, and describes the composition process, including her debate with the publisher John Blackwood about the suitability of the subject-matter for a familyaudience. |
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Chapter Page BOOK FIRST | 11 |
The Workshop | 13 |
The Preaching | 22 |
Copyright | |
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