false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298254m/20567.jpg 20567 34 When Scenes of Clerical Life, George Eliot's first novel, was published anonymously in 1857, it was immediately recognized, in the words of Saturday Review, as `the production of a peculiar and remarkable writer'. The three stories that make up the Scenes, `The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton', `Mr Gilfil's Love Story', and `Janet's Repentance', intriguingly foreshadow George Eliot's later work. The first readers, including Dickens and Thackeray, were struck by the humorous irony, the truthfulness of the presentation of the lives of ordinary people, and the compassionate acceptance of human weakness which characterize Eliot's writing. 3125343 book 1858 Scenes of Clerical Life total:88|5:9|4:36|3:30|2:11|1:2| 88 303 167 8 3 0 false false Fri Jan 30 12:15:11 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:39:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 16 07:55:07 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:59:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Nov 09 12:43:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:44:21 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 21 14:51:03 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 14:51:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 19 14:27:43 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 14:27:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 08:39:18 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 03:35:24 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 03:36:48 -0800 2008 The Golden Notebook at our favorite breakfast joint. Wanting to read but lacking a book, I picked up this Eliot volume last night. Absolutely wonderful so far.

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