Dinah Morris Preaching at Hayslope

Title

Dinah Morris Preaching at Hayslope

Alt Text Description

Grayscale illustration of a woman standing on top of a cart and preaching to a village crowd. She wears a plain, black dress and a tight-fitting cap.

Description

Dinah Morris, a devout Methodist, preaches about the necessity of repentance, salvation, and God's mercy. Adam's brother, Seth, and some of the other working class inhabitants of Hayslope listen on and are inspired by Dinah's thought-provoking sermon (Book 1, Chapter 2).

Illustrator

Low, Will H. (1853-1932)

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

Low, Will H. (1853-1932), Dinah Morris Preaching at Hayslope, 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/83645

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