 Title page of the first edition, 1859 | |
| Author | George Eliot |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | John Blackwood |
Publication date | 1 February 1859[1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Followed by | The Mill on the Floss |
Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since and is regularly used in university studies of 19th-century English literature.[2][3] Eliot described the novel as "a country story full of the breath of cows and scent of hay".
- ^ Rignall, John (2011). Oxford Reader's Companion to George Eliot. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860422-8. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Oberlin College: The 19th Century Novel Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Arizona: Women Mystics and Preachers in Western Tradition Archived 10 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine