Adam and Seth Bede were her father and uncle idealised. It was partly from reminiscences of her father’s talk and from her uncle Samuel’s wife’s preaching experiences that the author constructed the very powerful and moving story of Adam Bede. Her aunt Elizabeth was a Methodist preacher who did in fact stay all night in prison with a condemned murderess, Mary Voce, who was hanged for killing her baby. The very same village that George Eliot’s father, Robert Evans and his brother Samual lived and worked in as carpenters. But it IS based on a real village – Ellastone on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border by the River Dove. The first thing I discovered was that Hayslope does not exist. What did it look like now? Was the village green still there? The pub? The church? I was happy to leave it at that and eagerly began my journey into the Midlands circa 1800.īut then I needed to know where the village of Hayslope was. The back blurb prepared me for a love triangle, ‘an old tale’ that ‘becomes one of fresh heartbreak, innocent hopes, best attentions gone awry, and better selves lost and restored.’ Like Nick, Adam Bede is one of the unread Eliot’s on my TBR, I also knew very little about the story. So I patiently waited until the 1st January to begin. I was thrilled to then discover that Nick Catholic Life was hosting an Eliot Readalong throughout 2023. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader.Īdam Bede was my lucky choice for the last Classics Club Spin.
With a drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past.
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