Adam Bede (1859) - George Eliot
Public domain
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Georgina Sutton
Tags: General Fiction, Classic, Adults
Length: 20 hrs and 40 mins Release date: 12-18-14 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, Adam and Seth Bede work as carpenters in Hayslope., Seth proposes to Dinah Morris, a gifted Methodist preacher. However, she prefers to devote herself to Gods work. Meanwhile, Adam Bede woos Dinahs cousin Hetty Sorrel. But she is distracted by the attentions of Captain Arthur Donnithorne., When Adam finds out about Arthurs intentions toward Hetty, he fights Arthur and forces him to leave town. Soon after, Adam proposes to Hetty, who accepts, only to discover she is pregnant with Arthurs child. She runs away to find Arthur but discovers that his regiment has been called away. Distraught, Hetty restrains herself from committing suicide and gives birth in a lodging-house. She then runs off with the infant and buries it in the brush, where it dies., After she is convicted for child-murder, Arthur finally hears the news, and Hettys commuted sentence (transportation) saves her from the gallows. Some months late
