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Adam Bede

Adam Bede by George Eliot is available here as the complete text, split into 1726 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Adam Bede by George Eliot. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #507.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Adam Bede

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0 of 1713 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I The Workshop 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II After the Preaching 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Home and Its Sorrows 108 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Hall Farm 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Dairy 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Hetty’s World 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Dinah Visits Lisbeth 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII In the Wood 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Evening in the Wood 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Two Bed-Chambers 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Links 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Church 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Adam on a Working Day 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Night-School and the Schoolmaster 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Going to the Birthday Feast 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Health-Drinking 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Games 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A crisis 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Next Morning 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Delivery of the Letter 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Mrs. Poyser “Has Her Say Out” 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII More Links 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Hidden Dread 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Journey of Hope 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Quest 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Tidings 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Eve of the Trial 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Morning of the Trial 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Arthur’s Return 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX In the Prison 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Last Moment 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Another Meeting in the Wood 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII In the Cottage 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Sunday Morning 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Harvest Supper 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Meeting on the Hill 38 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Adam Bede?

Yes. All 8627 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #507 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Adam Bede is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #507, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Adam Bede take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1726 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Mirror
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Egyptian
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Sorcerer
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