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Adam Bede

Chapter I​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Jonathan Burge', 'Adam Bede', 'Seth Bede', 'Jim Salt', 'Wiry Ben', 'Mum Taft', 'Dinah Morris']

All Locations:: ["Mr. Jonathan Burge's workshop", 'Hayslope', 'Cromford']

Chapter II​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Casson', 'Adam Bede', 'Parson Irwine', 'Squire Donnithorne', 'Dinah Morris', 'Sandy Jim', 'Bessy Cranage', 'Chad Cranage']

All Locations:: ['Hayslope', 'Donnithorne Arms', 'Brox’on', 'Treddles’on', 'Donnithorne Chase']

Chapter III​

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All Characters: ['Seth Bede', 'Dinah', 'Bessy Cranage', 'Adam']

All Locations:: ['village', 'Hall Farm', 'Snowfield', 'Loamshire', 'Goshen']

Chapter IV​

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All Characters: ['Adam Bede', 'Gyp', 'Lisbeth Bede', 'Seth Bede', 'Thias Bede']

All Locations:: ['Broxton', "Treddles'on", 'Waggin Overthrow', 'Stoniton']

Chapter V​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Irwine', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Rev. Adolphus Irwine', 'Kate', 'Anne', 'Captain Donnithorne']

All Locations:: ['Broxton Parsonage', 'Hayslope', 'Blythe', 'Treddleston', 'Egypt', 'Hall Farm']

Chapter VI​

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All Characters: ['Mrs. Poyser', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Dinah']

All Locations:: ['the gate', 'the house', 'the dining-room', 'the barn', 'the kitchen', 'the dairy']

Chapter VII​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Totty']

All Locations:: ['dairy', 'brewhouse', 'Chase', "housekeeper's room"]

Chapter VIII​

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All Characters: ['Dinah', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Seth Bede', 'Adam Bede', 'Bessy Cranage']

All Locations:: ['Snowfield', 'Stonyshire', 'Hetton-Deeps', 'Willow Brook', "Lisbeth Bede's cottage", 'Leeds']

Chapter IX​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Luke Britton', 'Mr. Craig', 'Adam Bede', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mary Burge', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['Hayslope Church', 'Broxton', 'Chase', 'Hall Farm']

Chapter X​

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All Characters: ['Lisbeth', 'Thias', 'Dolly', 'Adam', 'Seth', 'Hetty', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Will Maskery', 'David']

All Locations:: ['chamber', 'village', "Mr. Burge's house", 'workshop', 'kitchen', 'churchyard', 'white thorn', 'Willow Brook', 'Treddleston', 'Snowfield', 'Hall Farm', "Mester Poyser's house"]

Chapter XI​

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All Characters: ['Dinah', 'Lisbeth', 'Adam', 'Seth']

All Locations:: ['garret roof', 'workshop', "Jonathan Burge's", 'Hall Farm', 'Snowfield', 'Treddleston', 'Oakbourne', 'Rosseter', 'churchyard']

Chapter XII​

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All Characters: ['Arthur Donnithorne', 'Pym', 'Pharaoh’s daughter', 'Moses', 'Irwine', 'Hetty', 'Luke Britton', 'Craig', 'Dalton']

All Locations:: ['Eagledale', 'Chase', 'Hayslope', 'Windsor', 'Norburne', 'Fir-tree Grove', 'Hermitage']

Chapter XIII​

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All Characters: ['Mrs. Pomfret', 'Mrs. Best', 'Hetty', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Mr. Craig', 'Arthur Donnithorne']

All Locations:: ['the Grove', 'the Chase', 'the Hermitage', 'Broxton Rectory']

Chapter XIV​

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All Characters: ['Lisbeth', 'Adam', 'Seth', 'Dinah', 'Hetty', 'Mary Burge', 'Marty', 'Tommy', 'Luke Britton', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Alick']

All Locations:: ['cottage', 'wood', 'grave', 'Bible', 'Snowfield', 'farmyard', 'causeway', 'pantry', 'kitchen', 'room']

Chapter XV​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Dinah', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Mr. James', 'Miss Lydia Donnithorne', 'Lady Dacey', 'Mary Burge', 'Marty', 'Tommy', 'Totty', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Molly']

All Locations:: ['Treddleston', 'Hayslope', 'Chase', 'Snowfield']

Chapter XVI​

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All Characters: ['Arthur Donnithorne', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Adam Bede', 'Bartle Massey', 'Gil Tranter', 'Mary Burge', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Gawaine']

All Locations:: ['Broxton', 'Hayslope', 'Treddleston', 'Eagledale']

Chapter XVII​

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All Characters: ['Rector of Broxton', 'Arthur', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Mr. Ryde', 'Adam Bede', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Donnithorne']

All Locations:: ['Broxton', 'Hayslope', "Treddles'on", 'Shepperton']

Chapter XVIII​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Marty', 'Tommy', 'Molly', 'Alick', 'Thias Bede', 'Adam Bede', 'Seth Bede', 'Bartle Massey', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Joshua Rann', 'Lisbeth', 'Mr. Craig', 'Arthur Donnithorne']

All Locations:: ['church', 'farmyard', 'Home Close', 'granary steps', 'meadow', 'Donnithorne Arms', 'Hayslope Church', 'churchyard', 'green churchyard', 'Hall Farm']

Chapter XIX​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Craig', 'Adam', 'Hetty', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Seth', 'Bartle Massey', 'Lisbeth']

All Locations:: ['Hayslope', 'the meadows', 'the Farm', 'the Hall Farm']

Chapter XX​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Lisbeth', 'Hetty', 'Seth', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Nancy', 'Molly', 'Tommy']

All Locations:: ['Hall Farm', 'village', 'garden', 'meadow', 'dairy', 'cellar']

Chapter XXI​

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All Characters: ['Bartle Massey', 'Adam Bede', 'Bill', 'Sam Phillips', 'Jacob Storey', 'Vixen', 'Miss Lyddy', 'the old squire', 'Captain']

All Locations:: ['Bartle Massey’s house', 'Hall Farm', 'Treddleston', "Casson's"]

Chapter XXII​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Arthur', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Old Martin', 'Feyther Taft', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Nancy']

All Locations:: ['Hayslope', 'Broxton', 'Chase', 'Rosseter', 'Stoniton']

Chapter XXIII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Seth', 'Mr. Mills', 'Captain Donnithorne', 'Mr. Burge', 'Bartle Massey', 'Hetty', 'Mr. Casson', 'Mr. Chowne', 'Mr. Craig', 'Mary Burge']

All Locations:: ['cloisters']

Chapter XXIV​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Poyser', 'Arthur', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty', 'Adam Bede', 'Bartle Massey', 'Jonathan Burge', 'Mrs. Poyser']

All Locations:: []

Chapter XXV​

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All Characters: ['Benefit Club band', 'Joshua Rann', 'Arthur', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Miss Lydia', 'Mr. Donnithorne', 'Miss Irwine', 'Mr. Gawaine', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Seth Bede', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Bessy Cranage', 'Bill Downes', 'Adam Bede', 'Anne']

All Locations:: ['Rosseter', 'the marquee', 'the lawn', 'the park']

Chapter XXVI​

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All Characters: ['Arthur', 'Adam', 'Lisbeth Bede', 'Seth', 'Hetty', 'Mr. Craig', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Molly', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Luke Britton', 'Mr. Gawaine', 'Miss Lydia', 'Mrs. Britton']

All Locations:: ['entrance-hall', 'garden', 'kitchen quarries', 'abbey', 'dining-room', 'Chase', 'wood']

Chapter XXVII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Jonathan Burge', 'Mr. Craig', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Satchell', 'Arthur Donnithorne', 'Gyp']

All Locations:: ['Loamshire', 'Broxton', 'Hayslope', 'Chase', 'Abbey', 'Grove']

Chapter XXVIII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Arthur']

All Locations:: ['Grove', 'Chase', 'Hermitage']

Chapter XXIX​

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All Characters: ['Arthur', 'Pym', 'Adam', 'Hetty', 'Irwine', 'Gawaine', 'John']

All Locations:: ['Chase']

Chapter XXX​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Hetty', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Totty', 'Lisbeth', 'Seth', 'Dinah']

All Locations:: ['church', 'the Grove', 'the fields', 'the garden', 'the house', "the post at Treddles'on", 'the mill', 'the Hall Farm', 'Leeds', 'Snowfield']

Chapter XXXI​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Adam Bede', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Arthur Donnithorne', 'Miss Lydia', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Molly']

All Locations:: ["Mrs. Poyser's household", 'bedroom', 'the Chase']

Chapter XXXII​

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All Characters: ['smart man in top-boots', 'Mr. Casson', 'Satchell', 'Bartle Massey', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Hetty', 'Totty', 'Mr. Donnithorne', 'John', 'Bethell', 'Molly', 'Nancy', 'Tim', 'sour old John']

All Locations:: ['Donnithorne Arms', 'Chase Farm', 'Crab-tree Meadow', "Treddles'on road", 'Hall Farm']

Chapter XXXIII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Hetty', 'Mr. Thurle', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Mr. Donnithorne', 'Mr. Craig']

All Locations:: ['Chase Farm', 'Egypt', 'Italy', 'Hall Farm']

Chapter XXXIV​

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All Characters: ['Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Hetty', 'Adam', 'Marty', 'Tommy', 'Mary Burge', 'Arthur']

All Locations:: ['church', 'Binton Coppice', 'Hall Farm', 'village', 'woodyard', 'garden']

Chapter XXXV​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Hetty', 'Lisbeth', 'Seth', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Molly', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Arthur']

All Locations:: ['Snowfield', 'Binton Hills', 'Treddleston', 'Scantlands', 'Loamshire', 'Stoniton', 'Windsor', 'Leicester']

Chapter XXXVI​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'coachman', 'Adam', 'landlord', 'landlady']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton', 'Windsor', 'Ashby', 'Leicester', 'Hinckley', 'Stony Stratford', 'Stratford-on-Avon']

Chapter XXXVII​

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All Characters: ['Hetty']

All Locations:: ['Windsor', 'Hayslope', "Joshua Rann's", 'the Scantlands', 'Stratford-on-Avon', 'Norton', 'Stonyshire']

Chapter XXXVIII​

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All Characters: ['Hetty', 'Adam', 'Dinah', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Seth', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['Hall Farm', 'Snowfield', 'Oakbourne', 'Leeds', 'Stoniton', 'Windsor', 'Home Close']

Chapter XXXIX​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Carroll', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Dinah Morris']

All Locations:: ['Broxton', 'Snowfield', 'Stoniton', 'Hayslope', 'Grove']

Chapter XL​

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All Characters: ['Mr. Irwine', 'Carroll', 'Squire Donnithorne', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Arthur', 'Ralph', 'Adam', 'Hetty', 'Seth', 'Martin Poyser', 'Lisbeth', 'Sarah Williamson', 'Bartle Massey', 'Vixen']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton', 'Liverpool', 'Chase', 'Hall Farm', 'Leeds', 'Broxton', 'Hayslope']

Chapter XLI​

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All Characters: ['Bartle Massey', 'Adam Bede', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton', 'Broxton']

Chapter XLII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Hetty', 'Arthur', 'Bartle Massey', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['court', 'jail']

Chapter XLIII​

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All Characters: ['Adam Bede', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Bartle Massey', 'Sarah Stone', 'John Olding']

All Locations:: ['Church Lane, Stoniton', 'Hayslope', "Tedd's Hole", 'Hetton Coppice', 'Hetton parish', 'Stoniton']

Chapter XLIV​

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All Characters: ['Arthur Donnithorne', 'Aunt Lydia', 'Martin Poyser', 'Adam Bede', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Mr. Bygate', 'Mills']

All Locations:: ['Liverpool', 'Loamshire', 'Hayslope', 'Binton Hills', 'the Chase', 'Windsor', 'Treddleston', 'Rosseter road', 'Stoniton']

Chapter XLV​

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All Characters: ['elderly gentleman', 'chaplain', 'Dinah', 'Hetty Sorrel', 'Martin Poyser', 'Adam Bede', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton jail', 'Hayslope', 'Leeds', "tinman's shop", 'Windsor', 'the wood', 'the village']

Chapter XLVI​

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All Characters: ['Bartle Massey', 'Adam Bede', 'Dinah', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton', 'prison', 'Hall Farm']

Chapter XLVII​

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All Characters: ['Dinah Morris', 'Hetty', 'Arthur Donnithorne']

All Locations:: ['Stoniton']

Chapter XLVIII​

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All Characters: ['Arthur Donnithorne', 'Adam Bede', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty']

All Locations:: ['Donnithorne Chase', 'Stoniton', 'Hall Farm', 'Hermitage']

Chapter XLIX​

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All Characters: ['Adam Bede', 'Arthur', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Dinah', 'Totty', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Tommy', 'Bartle Massey', 'Mary', 'Mr. Irwine']

All Locations:: ['Hermitage', 'Hall Farm', "Treddles'on", 'Snowfield', 'Stonyshire']

Chapter L​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Dinah', 'Seth', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Lisbeth']

All Locations:: ['Hall Farm', 'Hayslope', 'cottage', 'Willow Brook']

Chapter LI​

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All Characters: ['Lisbeth', 'Dinah', 'Adam', 'Seth']

All Locations:: ['Hall Farm', 'village', 'Treddleston', "Brimstone's", 'the Common']

Chapter LII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Alick', 'Dinah', 'Nancy', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Tommy', 'Bartle Massey', 'Craig', 'Molly']

All Locations:: ['farmyard', 'church', 'house', 'Snowfield', 'Home Close', 'parish', 'fields', 'Hall Farm', 'canal', 'fruit-tree wall', 'orchard']

Chapter LIII​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Dinah', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Bartle Massey', 'Martin Poyser', 'Tim', 'Ben Tholoway', 'Kester Bale', 'David', 'Nancy', 'Molly', 'Totty']

All Locations:: ['Hall Farm', 'Willow Brook', 'Oakbourne', 'Snowfield']

Chapter LIV​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Dinah']

All Locations:: ['Snowfield', 'Oakbourne', 'Sloman’s End']

Chapter LV​

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All Characters: ['Adam', 'Dinah', 'Mr. Burge', 'Mr. Poyser', 'Mrs. Irwine', 'Miss Lydia Donnithorne', 'Mrs. Best', 'Mr. Mills', 'Mr. Craig', 'Bessy Cranage', 'Wiry Ben', 'Totty', 'Martin Poyser', 'Mary Burge', 'Seth', 'Mrs. Poyser', 'Bartle Massey', 'Lisbeth', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty', 'Mr. Joshua Rann', 'Arthur']

All Locations:: ['Hayslope', 'Bath', 'the Chase']

Epilogue​

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All Characters: ['Adam Bede', 'Jonathan Burge', 'Dinah', 'Lisbeth', 'Seth', 'Addy', 'Colonel Donnithorne', 'Mr. Irwine', 'Hetty', 'Mr. and Mrs. Poyser']

All Locations:: ["Adam Bede's timber-yard", 'the house with buff walls and soft grey thatch', 'the roadside', 'the far stile', 'the Hall Farm', 'London']