亚当·比德是英国小说家乔治·艾略特的第一部长篇小说。该部小说一年内再版八次，受欢迎程度可见一斑。
让我来举个例子：我自己读乔治·艾略特的《亚当·比德》就不能手放在心口说读得蛮有滋味。
Let me give on instance: I have read George Eliot's Adam Bede, but I cannot put my hand on my heart and say that was with pleasure.
一名叫亚当 伍德的员工称，他感到比以前热得多，"刚开始时我的手冻得很，但才过了没多久，就觉得手心冒汗了，这太疯狂了。
A worker, Adam Hood said he felt much hotter than before. "At first my hands felt frozen.
《亚当。比德》中的故事是要为以蒸汽机为标志的工业化社会提供一面可供参照的镜子，让生活于“现在” 的人们看看人类丢失了什么。
The story of Adam Bede is no less than a mirror to the industrialized society symbolized by the steam-engine. Through this mirror the people living in "the present" can see what mankind has lost.
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