Adam Bede

nightdreamer · 01-07-2006, 04:31 PM

Hi to all George Eliot lovers .
I am now reading Adam Bede or rather trying to read it : because i have a problem .
it is so full of slang contractions and misspelled words , that a dictionary can't at all help you , and you have to guess the meaning .
but this corrupt language makes it really faithful and sincere and go directly to the heart .
I'd like to hear from anyone facing the same problem or want to talk about it .
thank you
Egypt

booksbuddy · 08-11-2007, 07:23 AM

Same problem has occured when i started reading this novel as it sometimes has really used short contractions and somewhere long thoughts of Eliot.In the middle,i started getting bored but i was determined to read the whole novel and really enjoyed it.It's a slow moving story but interesting.Hope you will enjoy it.

Cathy_May · 12-28-2007, 08:51 AM

same opinion with you. so I gave up reading it two years ago. But I think I really should try to finish it, since I am a George Eliot lover.

01-07-2006, 04:31 PM	#1
nightdreamer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	Adam Bede Hi to all George Eliot lovers . I am now reading Adam Bede or rather trying to read it : because i have a problem . it is so full of slang contractions and misspelled words , that a dictionary can't at all help you , and you have to guess the meaning . but this corrupt language makes it really faithful and sincere and go directly to the heart . I'd like to hear from anyone facing the same problem or want to talk about it . thank you Egypt

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08-11-2007, 07:23 AM	#2
booksbuddy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 26	Same problem has occured when i started reading this novel as it sometimes has really used short contractions and somewhere long thoughts of Eliot.In the middle,i started getting bored but i was determined to read the whole novel and really enjoyed it.It's a slow moving story but interesting.Hope you will enjoy it.

12-28-2007, 08:51 AM	#3
Cathy_May Jadeite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Japan Posts: 13	same opinion with you. so I gave up reading it two years ago. But I think I really should try to finish it, since I am a George Eliot lover.