The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton

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The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton is a novella by George Eliot that portrays the quiet struggles, moral trials, and domestic hardships of a humble country clergyman.

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instanceOf fictional work
novella
author George Eliot
George Eliot
surface form: Mary Ann Evans
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception praised for psychological insight
praised for realistic portrayal of clergy life
depicts Anglican clergyman
provincial English society
firstPublicationFormat serial
firstPublishedIn Scenes of Clerical Life
followedBy Janet's Repentance
Mr Gilfil's Love-Story
genre novella
realist fiction
hasSpouseOfProtagonist Milicent Barton
hasTitleCharacter Amos Barton
hasWorkInSeriesPosition first in Scenes of Clerical Life
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mainCharacter Amos Barton
Countess Czerlaski
Milicent Barton
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStyle realism
originalLanguage English
partOf Scenes of Clerical Life
publicationYear 1857
publisher Blackwood's Magazine
setting English countryside
settingPeriod 19th century
theme domestic hardship
marital devotion
moral struggle
poverty
rural clergy life
social criticism

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Scenes of Clerical Life containsWork The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton