George Eliot's first full-length novel is the moving, realistic portrait of three people troubled by unwise love. Adam Bede is a hardy young carpenter who cares for his aging mother. His one...
In this rich and teeming portrait of provincial life in Victorian England, a panoply of complex, brilliantly drawn characters attempt to carry out their destinies against the various social...
One of the great novels of 19th century England, Middlemarch is concerned with the blighted marriage of a young idealistic woman, but also presents a vivid portrait of England during the 1830's.