| Adam Bede Contributor(s): Eliot, George (Author), Martin, Carol A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 019812595X ISBN-13: 9780198125952 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $403.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: The Clarendon edition of Adam Bede (1859) is the first critical edition of the work that established George Eliot's reputation. Its extensive textual apparatus lists manuscript and first edition variants from the copy-text, which is the corrected eighth edition of 1861--her last revision of the book. The introduction locates the genesis of the novel in Eliot's family history, her travels, and her reading of literature and biography, and describes the composition process, including her debate with the publisher John Blackwood about the suitability of the subject-matter for a family audience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00049114 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Physical Information: 1.76" H x 6.06" W x 8.32" (2.13 lbs) 684 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16702 Reading Level: 9.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 42.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Clarendon edition of Adam Bede (1859) is the first critical edition of the work that established George Eliot's reputation. Its extensive textual apparatus lists manuscript and first edition variants from the copy-text, which is the corrected eighth edition of 1861--her last revision of the book. The introduction locates the genesis of the novel in Eliot's family history, her travels, and her reading of literature and biography, and describes the composition process, including her debate with the publisher John Blackwood about the suitability of the subject-matter for a family audience. |