"Scenes of Clerical Life" by George Eliot is a series of stories set in the English countryside during the 1800s that tells about the lives of clergymen and the people they serve, taking a close look at what they struggled with, how they connected with each other, and how country life was changing. Characters like Rev. Amos Barton are richly drawn, and the stories touch on issues of class, what's right and wrong, and the importance of community. One of the stories paints a picture of a quaint old church and introduces Rev. Barton, who is facing difficulties in his job and dealing with the different personalities of his church members; a local community is revealed as the lives of farmers and villagers become mixed together, showing their opinions about the clergyman's methods and his attempts to do his best as pastor.
Scenes of Clerical Life
By George Eliot
In the 19th-century English countryside, clergymen and their flocks grapple with social expectations, morality, and the evolving nature of their world.
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About the AuthorMary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). As with Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside. Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). As with Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside. Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.
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