Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Blue Plaque Reads:-
Elizabeth Evans
“Immortalised as Dinah Morris
in George Eliot’s
ADAM BEDE
Lived here until her death
in this house
on May 9th 1849.”
Adam Bede cottage stands at the southern end of Wirksworth, where Samuel Evans and his wife Elizabeth once lived and were portrayed as Adam Bede and Dinah Morris in George Eliot’s famous novel Adam Bede. George Eliot loosely based her novel ‘Mill on the Floss’ on Haarlem Mill that stands on the other side of the road from the cottage.
Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Blue Plaque Reads:-
Elizabeth Evans
“Immortalised as Dinah Morris
in George Eliot’s
ADAM BEDE
Lived here until her death
in this house
on May 9th 1849.”
Adam Bede cottage stands at the southern end of Wirksworth, where Samuel Evans and his wife Elizabeth once lived and were portrayed as Adam Bede and Dinah Morris in George Eliot’s famous novel Adam Bede. George Eliot loosely based her novel ‘Mill on the Floss’ on Haarlem Mill that stands on the other side of the road from the cottage.