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3.0
This is a love triangle novel. It follows Adam Bede and his love for Hetty Sorrel, who he never really knows or understands, but mostly just lusts after for being beautiful. She meanwhile loves Arthur Donnithorne, the future landlord of the area they live in, who strings her along for a while, making her hope she might marry him despite her being poor, but never actually having any intention to ever do so. It's quite an entertaining and twisted tale, but with many flaws. Over half the book goes by before any conflict actually arises, all three lovers going about their merry oblivious ways. When the shit finally hits the fan it was definitely a surprise for me. I never would have thought Hetty had run away because she was having Arthur's baby and then ends up killing it, thus ending up in prison for the rest of her life.
Luckily poor Adam has a back-up and ends up marrying Dinah Morris, the most preachy windbag Methodist I've ever come across. It was a little weird this is who Adam ends up with. It was almost like Eliot needed Adam to end up with somebody and Dinah was there, so why not? The entire novel goes on and on about how good these two characters are, how moral and kind and blah, but then bang, Adam is grass cutting with his brother Seth's former love. Very different ending from what I would have thought from the first half of the book.
Luckily poor Adam has a back-up and ends up marrying Dinah Morris, the most preachy windbag Methodist I've ever come across. It was a little weird this is who Adam ends up with. It was almost like Eliot needed Adam to end up with somebody and Dinah was there, so why not? The entire novel goes on and on about how good these two characters are, how moral and kind and blah, but then bang, Adam is grass cutting with his brother Seth's former love.
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