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George Meredith

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
February 11 1828
Died
1717 05 19091909
George Meredith was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry shortly after marrying Mary Ellen Nicolls, a widowed daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, in 1849. He was twenty-one years old; she was thirty.

He collected his early writings, first published in periodicals, into Poems, which was published to some acclaim in 1851. His wife left him and their five-year old son in 1858; she died three years later. Her departure was the inspiration for The Ordeal of Richard Feverel , his first "major novel." It was considered a breakthrough novel, but its sexual frankness caused a scandal and prevented it from being widely read.

As an advisor to publishers, Meredith is credited with helping Thomas Hardy start his literary career, and was an early associate of J. M. Barrie. Before his death, Meredith was honored from many quarters: he succeeded Lord Tennyson as president of the Society of Authors; in 1905 he was appointed to the Order of Merit by King Edward VII.

His works include: The Shaving of Shagpat , Farina , Vittoria and The Egoist . The Egoist is one of his most enduring works.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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George Meredith

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
February 11 1828
Died
1717 05 19091909
George Meredith was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry shortly after marrying Mary Ellen Nicolls, a widowed daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, in 1849. He was twenty-one years old; she was thirty.

He collected his early writings, first published in periodicals, into Poems, which was published to some acclaim in 1851. His wife left him and their five-year old son in 1858; she died three years later. Her departure was the inspiration for The Ordeal of Richard Feverel , his first "major novel." It was considered a breakthrough novel, but its sexual frankness caused a scandal and prevented it from being widely read.

As an advisor to publishers, Meredith is credited with helping Thomas Hardy start his literary career, and was an early associate of J. M. Barrie. Before his death, Meredith was honored from many quarters: he succeeded Lord Tennyson as president of the Society of Authors; in 1905 he was appointed to the Order of Merit by King Edward VII.

His works include: The Shaving of Shagpat , Farina , Vittoria and The Egoist . The Egoist is one of his most enduring works.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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Books from George Meredith

The Egoist

3.7/5 ( ratings)

English Victorian Poetry: An Anthology

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel

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Diana of the Crossways

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Comedy: "An Essay on Comedy" by George Meredith. "Laughter" by Henri Bergson

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

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Celt and Saxon - Complete

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Bhagwan: The most godless yet the most godly man

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5/5 ( ratings)

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1/5 ( ratings)

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1/5 ( ratings)

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1/5 ( ratings)

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1/5 ( ratings)
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