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Alas for the worthy man who, like that candle, gets himself into the wrong place! It is only the very largest souls who will be able to appreciate and pity him – who will discern and love sincerity of purpose amid all the bungling feebleness of achievement.”. ― George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life. 2 likes. Like.
1 de jan. de 2023 · scenes of clerical life by george eliot. Publication date 1907 Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language eng. Volume 2. Addeddate
The stories, all three of them, have a particular value as records of an English country life that is rapidly passing away. Moreover, it is country life seen through the medium of a powerful and right judging personality. It is her intimate and thorough knowledge of big
11 de ago. de 2020 · Scenes of Clerical Life is the title under which George Eliot's first published fictional work, a collection of three short stories, was released in book form, and the first of her works to be released under her famous pseudonym. The stories were first published in Blackwood's Magazine over the course of the year 1857, initially anonymously ...
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The third "Scene" is "Janet's Repentance", a story with remarkably contemporary resonances and proof of George Eliot's ability to enlighten and interest modern readers. These stories were the first of George Eliot's published work, appearing in Blackwood's "Edinburgh Magazine" in 1857. This edition is published in conjunction with The George ...
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The Scenes of Clerical Life at once attracted considerable critical attention, and was praised highly for its humor, pathos and vivid and life-like descriptions. Certain touches in the book convinced George Eliot’s old neighbors that the author came from their district. The Scenes as she admitted soon afterward, contained ‘portraits’, a ...
Description. A collection of three stories. The Stories take place in and around the fictional town of Milby in the English Midlands. Each of the Scenes concerns a different Anglican clergyman, but is not necessarily centred upon him. Eliot examines, among other things, the effects of religious reform and the tension between the Established and ...