Adam Bede

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This booktable of contents linked to every book and chapter. ************. Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since, and is used in university studies of 19th century English literature. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.