Adam Bede

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Eliot, George, 1819–1880.
Adam Bede / George Eliot; edited with an introduction and notes
by Carol A. Martin.
p. cm.—(Oxford world’s classics)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978–0–19–920347–5 (acid-free paper) 1. Young women—Fiction.
2. Triangles (Interpersonal relations)—Fiction. 3. Infanticide—Fiction.
4. England—Fiction. I. Martin, Carol A.,
1941–II. Title.
PR4656.A2M37 2008
823′.8—dc22

2007039693

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