George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] — Adam Bede

London , Oxford University Press , 1906. Cloth. A bright copy of George Eliot's first novel Adam Bede. This copy of George Eliot's Adam Bede is part of the Oxford Univeristy Press World Classics series, being reprinted in 1906. Adam Bede was the first novel by Mary Ann Evans and was first published in 1859. She described the novel as 'a country story full of the breath of cows and scent of hay.' George Eliot was the pen name for Mary Ann Evans who was one of the leading writers of the Victorian Era. With eight pages of publisher's adverts. In cloth binding. Externally, smart with a slightly faded spine and some marks to the boards. There is previous owners inscriptions to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: none. Very Good .