George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also took a close interest in social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". He was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.

Works

A Reading of Life, with Other Poems

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An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit

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Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life

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Beauchamp's Career — Complete

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 3

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6

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Beauchamp's Career — Volume 7

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Celt and Saxon — Complete

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Celt and Saxon — Volume 1

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Celt and Saxon — Volume 2

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Complete Short Works of George Meredith

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Diana of the Crossways — Complete

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Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1

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Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2

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Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3

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Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4

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Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5

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Evan Harrington — Complete

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Evan Harrington — Volume 1

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Evan Harrington — Volume 2

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Evan Harrington — Volume 3

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Evan Harrington — Volume 4

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Evan Harrington — Volume 5

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Evan Harrington — Volume 6

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Evan Harrington — Volume 7

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Farina

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 2

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5

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Miscellaneous Prose

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One of Our Conquerors — Complete

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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 1

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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2

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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3

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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4

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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5

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Poems — Volume 1

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Poems — Volume 2

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Poems — Volume 3

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Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth

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Quotes and Images From The Works of George Meredith

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Rhoda Fleming — Complete

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Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1

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Rhoda Fleming — Volume 2

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Rhoda Fleming — Volume 3

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Rhoda Fleming — Volume 4

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Rhoda Fleming — Volume 5

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 1

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 2

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 3

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 4

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 5

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 6

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Sandra Belloni — Volume 7

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Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 1

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 3

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 8

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The Amazing Marriage — Complete

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The Amazing Marriage — Volume 1

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The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2

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The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3

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The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4

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The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5

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The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper

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The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative

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The Gentleman of Fifty and The Damsel of Nineteen (An early uncompleted fragment)

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The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 1

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 3

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6

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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son

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The Sentimentalists

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The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete

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The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1

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The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 2

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The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3

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The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4

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The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish

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The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete

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The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 1

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The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 2

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The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 3

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Vittoria — Complete

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Vittoria — Volume 1

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Vittoria — Volume 2

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Vittoria — Volume 3

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Vittoria — Volume 4

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Vittoria — Volume 5

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Vittoria — Volume 6

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Vittoria — Volume 7

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Vittoria — Volume 8

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About the author

George Meredith

Language of works

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Born/died

1828 — 1909

Page language

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