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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. 2 volumes. First Edition. With both half-titles. 8vo, in handsome antique full green morocco, the covers with double-ruled gilt fillet lines at the edges, the spines with ornate gilt framed panels between raised bands, two compartments with gilt lettering, additional gilt lettering at the tail and gilt ruling at both tips, gilt ruled board edges and beautifully gilt tooled turn-ins, fine marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 366; 381 pp. A handsome set, the text quite clean and fresh and free from any spotting, a light touch of normal age at the edges, the fine binding in very good and attractive condition, the hinges firm and fine, only a trival bit of wear and the spines mellowed to a very attractive tone of olive. FIRST EDITION, GEORGE ELIOT'S (Mary Anne Evans) FIRST PUBLISHED FICTION AND THE FIRST WORK PUBLISHED UNDER THE GEORGE ELIOT PSEUDONYM. A collection of three short stories. Her partner, G. H. Lewes, in order to help her get her…

Scenes of Clerical Life is the title under which George Eliot's first published works of fiction appeared in 1858, consisting of three novellas based on the lives of different clergymen. Originally published anonymously, these stories mark Eliot's debut into the world of literature.