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Janet's Repentance. Ch. I

Finished Mr Gilfil's Love-Story. A story about love, but not a love story for me.

Chapter 1. Eliot begins Mr Gilfil's Love Story with a beautifully drawn portrait of the parish community. The same humorous undertones are present as in The Sad Fortunes of the Rvd. Amos Barton, which took a tragic turn...

Finished the first story, The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton. It began in a deceptively humorous way and ended in deep sadness. Eliot wrote so very well!