![]() George Eliot earnestly researched and made genuine observations of the realities of life in the late 18th and early 19th century from dressing, to occupation, morality, religion, gender stereotypes, dialects, accents, and even weather and made it her vocation to depict them without embellishments in Adam Bede. Not only does George Eliot portray realism in the story of Adam Bede, but she actively appeals to people to embrace it in art as well as in other spheres of endeavors such as in social interactions and in appreciation of humanity. Before publishing Adam Bede, she had always made a case for art representing the mundane and unexceptional in its true form and she put this train of thought into action in writing Adam Bede. George Eliot the author was an advocate of realism in literature. The novel is set in the year 1799 in the fictional village of Hayslope, located in the Midlands of England, and gives a depiction of the ordinary life of common folks in the countryside with a unique narrative technique. It is the story of the personal and relationship struggles of the eponymous protagonist Adam Bede who falls in love with beautiful Hetty Sorrel and joyfully looks forward to making her his bride after a hard-won betrothal only to be crushed by the news of a crime that reveals Hetty to be callous and selfish. ![]() ![]() Adam Bede by George Eliot is a historical novel that places ordinary people and commonplace things at the center of its art. ![]()
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