Download or read book Adam Bede - (illustrated) written by George Eliot and published by Osmora Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.