Hetty Sorrel

Title

Hetty Sorrel

Alt Text Description

Grayscale illustration of a woman in an apron and bonnet standing in a dairy. She stares into the distance, holding a cheese.

Description

The beauty of Hayslope village, Hetty Sorrel is admired by all and sought after by many suitors. This illustration shows Hetty at work in the Hall Farm Dairy making butter. In this scene, Hetty talks with Arthur Donnithorne (Book 1, Chapter 7).

Illustrator

Dielman, Frederic (1847-1935)

Publisher

George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

Date

1888

Rights

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Work Illustrated

Adam Bede

Citation

Dielman, Frederic (1847-1935), Hetty Sorrel, George Eliot Illustrations Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/83644