Books

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half titles. Handsomely bound in sl. later full dark blue crushed morocco by Birdsall of Northampton, spine gilt in compartments, double-ruled borders & gilt dentelles. t.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. Baker & Ross A3.2; the first book edition, following the serial publication in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857). Sadleir 818; Wolff 2062.

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.