The collection 'Scenes of Clerical Life' consists of which three novellas?
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Correct answer: The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love-Story, and Janet's Repentance
Published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1857, these three novellas were George Eliot's first foray into fiction. They established her interest in the moral lives of ordinary country clergy and their parishioners.
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