Scenes of Clerical Life


Read by Bruce Pirie

(4.7 stars; 44 reviews)

Scenes of Clerical Life, which appeared in book form in 1858 (after serial publication in the previous year), was the first published fiction by George Eliot, the pen name for Mary Anne Evans. It consists of three novellas based on the lives of country clergymen and their communities. These characters interest Eliot not for their theology — she had abandoned conventional Christian belief — but for their humanity. In these stories, we find the earliest signs of the narrative voice, the humanism, and the realism that would make George Eliot one of the greatest novelists of the 1800s. (Introduction by Bruce Pirie) (15 hr 53 min)

Chapters

Amos Barton - 01 29:51 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 02 45:07 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 03 20:36 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 04 11:42 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 05 21:36 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 06 21:10 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 07 19:58 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 08 10:18 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 09 11:10 Read by Bruce Pirie
Amos Barton - 10 & Conclusion 6:30 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 01 35:10 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 02 37:02 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 03 15:37 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 04 32:23 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 05 31:05 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 06 6:07 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 07 12:31 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 08 9:05 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 09 6:08 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 10 10:28 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 11 10:36 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 12 19:37 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 13 14:11 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 14 6:46 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 15 5:05 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 16 8:38 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 17 6:34 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 18 5:33 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 19 30:30 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 20 8:51 Read by Bruce Pirie
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story - 21 & Epilogue 9:24 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 01 13:47 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 02 32:38 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 03 37:48 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 04 17:00 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 05 15:39 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 06 8:34 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 07 13:19 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 08 32:34 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 09 8:30 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 10 19:24 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 11 18:12 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 12 6:28 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 13 14:09 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 14 13:58 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 15 13:06 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 16 12:40 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 17 5:40 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 18 21:47 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 19 6:36 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 20 5:02 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 21 13:21 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 22 15:16 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 23 11:25 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 24 13:55 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 25 30:29 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 26 18:21 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 27 9:20 Read by Bruce Pirie
Janet's Repentance - 28 4:52 Read by Bruce Pirie

Reviews

EXCELLENT—thank you!! :D


(5 stars)

Wonderful reading of Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life. I highly recommend listening to this recording by Bruce Pirie! Thank you for such a great recording :D I’m currently reading for my comps and Pirie’s recording is absolutely brilliant. Appreciate you!!

Excellent


(5 stars)

Three excellent stories with descriptions of life so clearly explained and beautifully presented. Bruce Pirie did an outstanding job.


(5 stars)

Another beautiful, understated reading by Bruce Piery.(?sp) At first, I was a little put off by her Victorian style (think Jane Austen), but the author drew me in with her sympathy for her characters. The stories also educated me as to the tenuous nature of life at that time.


(5 stars)

This book is like finding a hidden jewel or perhaps finding an exquisite flower whose beauty and fragrance continue on forever in one's memory. A great book well read is always a gift.


(4 stars)

I liked the third story the best . It was inspiring.That would definitely be 5 stars. Thank you to the excellent reader for all 3 stories


(5 stars)

Vividly drawn characters, wonderful stories of human nature, beautifully read by Bruce Piri

Beautiful tales


(5 stars)

A wonderful book, beautifully read by Bruce Pirie, thank you, JK.

charming sensitive tales


(5 stars)

Beautifully read. George Eliot would have approved