context: He quickly discerned the genius of George Eliot, forthwith accepting and publishing in his magazine the first instalment of her earliest fiction the 'Scenes of Clerical Life,' which had been sent to him without the name of the author, for whom thus early he predicted a great career as a novelist.
source: This commencement of a business connection was soon followed by a personal acquaintance between author and publisher, which ripened into intimacy.
reference_original: L'avvio di questo rapporto commerciale si è ben presto tramutato in una conoscenza personale tra autrice ed editore, maturata poi in un rapporto intimo.
reference_flipped: L'avvio di questo rapporto commerciale si è ben presto tramutato in una conoscenza personale tra autrice ed editrice, maturata poi in un rapporto intimo.