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Which magazine first published George Eliot’s early stories?

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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.

George Eliot’s early stories were first published in Blackwood’s Magazine.

These works, which included The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil’s Love-Story, and Janet’s Repentance, appeared serially in the magazine throughout 1857 before being collected and published as Scenes of Clerical Life in 1858.12