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Adam Bede

Eliot, George

Read by Anita Roy Dobbs, Missie, Lucy Burgoyne, iremonger, amycsj, Robin Cotter, Carmina Sansone, Janna, Shirley Ellen, Belinda Brown and Aaron Elliott · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 – The Workshop (20:25)
02 - The Preaching (43:51)
03 - After the Preaching (18:49)
04 - Home and Its Sorrows (31:16)
05 - The Rector (36:42)
06 - The Hall Farm (31:08)
07 - The Dairy (15:16)
08 - A Vocation (18:52)
09 - Hetty's World (14:35)
10 - Dinah Visits Lisbeth (36:48)
11 - In The Cottage (24:14)
12 - In the Wood (24:16)
13 - Evening In The Wood (11:38)
14 - The Return Home (18:41)
15 - The Two Bed-Chambers (29:04)
16 - Links (27:32)
17 - In Which The Story Pauses A Little (20:19)
18 - Church (48:27)
19 - Adam on a Working Day (14:45)
20 - Adam Visits the Hall Farm (36:44)
21 - The Night School and the Schoolmaster (34:52)
22 - Going to the Birthday Feast (24:59)
23 - Dinner-Time (10:44)
24 - The Health-Drinking (17:17)
25 - Book 3, Chapter 25: The Games (20:44)
26 - Book 3, Chapter 26: The Dance (27:38)
27 - A Crisis (22:16)
28 - A Dilemma (16:12)
29 - Book 4,Chapter 29:The Next Morning (18:29)
30 - The Delivery of the Letter (26:45)
31 - In Hetty's Bed-Chamber (20:05)
32 - Mrs Poyser Has Her Say Out (23:05)
33 - More Links (15:15)
34 - The Betrothal (9:31)
35 - The Hidden Dread (12:20)
36 - The Journey of Hope (20:10)
37 - The Journey in Despair (31:10)
38 - The Quest (35:19)
39 - The Tidings (15:51)
40 - The Bitter Waters Spread (20:08)
41 - The Eve of the Trial (13:33)
42 - The Morning of the Trial (10:46)
43 - The Verdict (17:32)
44 - Arthur's Return (18:35)
45 - In the Prison (27:35)
46 - The Hours of Suspense (15:27)
47 - The Last Moment (3:02)
48 - Another Meeting in the Wood (23:50)
49 - Book 6, Chapter 49: At the Hall Farm (26:50)
50 - In the Cottage (24:16)
51 - Sunday Morning (26:39)
52 - Adam and Dinah (19:46)
53 - The Harvest Supper (30:47)
54 - The Meeting on the Hill (14:42)
55 - Marriage Bells (7:02)
56 - Epilogue (8:13)

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