Hetty Sorrel, beloved of Adam Bede, meeting the young squire Arthur Donnithorne in the woods. Hetty has his child and is convicted of infanticide and condemned to death. Through Donninghorne's intervention the death sentence is commuted to transportation. 'Adam Bede' by George Eliot , first published 1859. Illustration by William Small (1843-1929) from an edition published c1885.

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Hetty Sorrel, beloved of Adam Bede, meeting the young squire Arthur Donnithorne in the woods. Hetty has his child and is convicted of infanticide and condemned to death. Through Donninghorne's intervention the death sentence is commuted to transportation. 'Adam Bede' by George Eliot , first published 1859. Illustration by William Small (1843-1929) from an edition published c1885.

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