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When were the stories in Scenes of Clerical Life first published?

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Portrait drawing of George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, with wavy dark hair, lace collar, and a calm expression, based on an 1865 work by Sir Frederic William Burton. — George Eliot George Eliot, engraving derived from a chalk drawing (1865) by Sir Frederic William Burton.

The three tales that comprise George Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life were first published serially in Blackwood’s Magazine between January and October 1857. Following their initial serial appearance, the stories were collected and published together in two volumes in 1858.12