Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new...

Reproduction of the original: Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot von Eliot, George

The Spanish Gypsy von Eliot, George

With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings.Part of the Macmillan...

Die Gesellschaftsromane von George Eliot, eigentlicher Name Mary Anne Evans, haben das Bild desRealismus wesentlich geprägt. Die Autorin gilt alseine der Wegbereiterinnen des psychologisch orientierten Romans.Die Geschichte spielt im...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Middlemarch by George Eliot 'She did not know then that it was Love who had come to her briefly as in a dream before awaking, with the hues of morning on his wings - that it was Love to whom she was...

Die Gesellschaftsromane von George Eliot, eigentlicher Name Mary Anne Evans, haben das Bild desRealismus wesentlich geprägt. Die Autorin gilt alseine der Wegbereiterinnen des psychologisch orientierten Romans.Die Geschichte spielt im...

Silas Marner, a simple, religious man, angrily retreats from his community and church when he is unjustly accused of theft. In an isolated cottage, Silas spends his days weaving cloth and his nights sifting through the piles of gold he...

Excerpt: ...from the land of shades. 'It war Dorkis, sir, would hev me come; but we knowed nothin' o' what's happened at the Manor. She's frightened out on her wits about Miss Sarti, an' she would hev me saddle Blackbird this mornin',...

Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthur's seductive charm and they begin to meet in secret. The...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access...