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George Meredith

Born

in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, The United Kingdom

February 12, 1828

Died

May 18, 1909

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Classics

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George Meredith of Britain wrote novels, such as The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859), and poetic works, including Modern Love (1862).

During the Victorian era, Meredith read law, and people articled him as a solicitor, but shortly after marrying Mary Ellen Nicolls, a 30-year-old widowed daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, in 1849 at 21 years of age, he abandoned that profession for journalism.

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 (1859), his first "major novel." It was considered a breakthrough novel, b ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 4,543 ratings · 473 reviews · 1,529 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Egoist by George Meredith, George Woodcock (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 1,757 ratings — published 1879 — 328 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith, Edward Mendelson (Editor) 3.52 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1859 — 366 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Love 3.56 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1862 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diana of the Crossways 3.46 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1885 — 316 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper 3.29 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1890	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shaving of Shagpat 3.59 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1856 — 238 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comedy: "An Essay on Comedy" by George Meredith. "Laughter" by Henri Bergson by George Meredith, Henri Bergson, Wylie Sypher (Editor) 3.48 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Harry Richmond really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1871 — 242 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celt and Saxon - Complete 3.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1910 — 155 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sandra Belloni 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1864 — 159 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by George Meredith

Richard Feverel (7 books)
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George Meredith,

Edward Mendelson (Editor)

3.52 avg rating — 326 ratings

Quotes by George Meredith (?)

“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
― George Meredith, Diana of the Crossways

tags: women

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“I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.”
― George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel

tags: civilized, man, woman, women

22 likes

“Kissing don't last: cookery do !”
― George Meredith

tags: food

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December 2020 Old School Nominations

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 1623, 279 pages

67 votes, 26.7%

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann 1816, 84 pages

57 votes, 22.7%

Hunger by Knut Hamsun 1890, 134 pages

40 votes, 15.9%

The Warden by Anthony Trollope 1855, 336 pages

39 votes, 15.5%

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani 1898, 424 pages

20 votes, 8.0%

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird 1879, 282 pages

20 votes, 8.0%

The Egoist by George Meredith 1879, 608 pages

8 votes, 3.2%

251 total votes

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