[Hac-announce] December 2021 Book Discussion: "Adam Bede" by George Eliot

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our book for December is the classic Adam Bede by George Eliot. The discussion will take place Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 2:30 pm at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden (probably in the Social Hall).
Note: we are working on a 'hybrid' option so that participants are able to join this discussion via Zoom; please watch for details.

>From Amazon:
Carpenter 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. The 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 Adam Bede has the quality of an English folk song. Within 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.*
“Adam Bede has taken its place among the actual experiences and endurances of my life.” – Charles Dickens

Kevin (& Paula)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://cthumanist.org/pipermail/hac-announce/attachments/20211129/0e82478b/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Adam Bede.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 19922 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://cthumanist.org/pipermail/hac-announce/attachments/20211129/0e82478b/attachment-0001.jpg>