Book produced by original man, great chronicler (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
adam bede
'book' is the definition.
(George Eliot novel)
'by original man great chronicler' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'original man' becomes 'adam' (first man in the Bible).
'great chronicler' becomes 'bede' (the Venerable Bede, 8th-century chronicler).
'adam'+'bede' is 'ADAM BEDE'.
'produced' is the link.
(Other definitions for adam bede that I've seen before include "Book by George Eliot" , "Novel by George Eliot" , "Carpenter" .)