"Adam ___” (George Eliot novel) (4)

I believe the answer is:

bede

(Other definitions for bede that I've seen before include "Venerable author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, d. 735" , "'Venerable' English monk" , "Northumbrian monk and historian, d. 735" , "Ancient English historian" , "Adam ___, novel by George Eliot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.

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