Scenes of Clerical Life
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Scenes of Clerical Life is a collection of three interlinked short stories by George Eliot that portray the moral and social lives of rural English clergymen and their communities.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author |
George Eliot
ⓘ
George Eliot ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Ann Evans
|
| bookPublicationYear | 1858 ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Janet's Repentance
ⓘ
Mr Gilfil's Love-Story ⓘ The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly praised by contemporary critics ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Blackwood's Magazine ⓘ |
| followedBy | Adam Bede ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Anglican clergymen
ⓘ
rural parishioners ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | no (in original edition) ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism in England
clergy ⓘ provincial life ⓘ |
| includedIn |
George Eliot
ⓘ
surface form:
George Eliot canon
|
| influenced | development of English realist fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | interlinked stories ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
marriage and domestic life
ⓘ
moral life of clergymen ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ social life of rural communities ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | first published work of George Eliot ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedUnderPseudonym | George Eliot ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| publisher | Blackwood and Sons ⓘ |
| setting | rural England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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