Scenes of Clerical Life (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Eliots first novel, Scenes of Clerical Life is comprised of three stories originally published in Blackwoods Magazine in 1857. In these talesMr. Gilfils Love Story, The Sad Fortunes of Reverend Amos Barton, and Janets RepentanceEliot explores such themes as religious strife, the realistic portrayal of social issues, and the power of love to alter livesthemes that would reemerge in many of her major works.