Hetty Sorrel
Hetty Sorrel, fictional character, a naive dairy maid who is seduced and abandoned in the novel Adam Bede (1859) by George Eliot.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
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Article Title:
Hetty Sorrel
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
14 February 2011
Access Date:
November 14, 2026