{"product_id":"adam-bede-by-george-eliot-9780140436648","title":"Adam Bede","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarpenter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe relationship is to have tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves, touching not just Adam Bede, but many others, not least pious Methodist Preacher Dinah Morris. A tale of seduction, betrayal, love, and deception, the plot of \u003cem\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/em\u003e has the quality of an English folk song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the setting of Hayslope, a small, rural community, Eliot brilliantly creates a sense of earthy reality, making the landscape itself as vital a presence in the novel as that of her characters themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494318231788,"sku":"9780140436648","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27254253482237.jpg?v=1748452416","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/adam-bede-by-george-eliot-9780140436648","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}