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Meredith, George, 1828-1909We have 109 books for this author.
George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 – May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. LifeMeredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters.[1] His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two years. 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.[1] 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".[1] He married Marie Vulliamy in 1864 and settled in Surrey. He continued writing novels, and later in life he returned to writing poetry, often inspired by nature. Oscar Wilde, in his dialogue The Decay Of Lying, implies that Meredith, along with Balzac, is his favourite novelist, saying "Ah, Meredith! Who can define him? His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning". As an advisor to publishers, Meredith is credited with helping Thomas Hardy start his literary career. 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.[1] In 1909 he died at home in Box Hill, Surrey.[1] WorksNovels
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This biographical information was gathered from the George_Meredith page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksThe Adventures Harry Richmond — CompleteThe Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 1 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 2 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 3 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 4 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 5 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 6 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 7 The Adventures Harry Richmond — Volume 8 The Amazing Marriage — Complete The Amazing Marriage — Volume 1 The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2 The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3 The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5 Beauchamp's Career — Complete Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 3 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6 Beauchamp's Career — Volume 7 Case of General Ople Celt and Saxon — Complete Celt and Saxon — Volume 1 Celt and Saxon — Volume 2 Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith Complete Short Works of George Meredith Diana of the Crossways — Complete Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4 Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5 The Egoist An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit Evan Harrington — Complete Evan Harrington — Volume 1 Evan Harrington — Volume 2 Evan Harrington — Volume 3 Evan Harrington — Volume 4 Evan Harrington — Volume 5 Evan Harrington — Volume 6 Evan Harrington — Volume 7 Farina The Gentleman of Fifty The House on the Beach Images from the Works of George Meredith Letters from Egypt Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1 Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 2 Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3 Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4 Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5 Miscellaneous Prose One of Our Conquerors — Complete One of Our Conquerors — Volume 1 One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2 One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3 One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4 One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 1 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 3 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6 Poems — Volume 1 Poems — Volume 2 Poems — Volume 3 Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Collected Works of George Meredith A Reading of Life, Other Poems Rhoda Fleming — Complete Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1 Rhoda Fleming — Volume 2 Rhoda Fleming — Volume 3 Rhoda Fleming — Volume 4 Rhoda Fleming — Volume 5 Sandra Belloni — Complete Sandra Belloni — Volume 1 Sandra Belloni — Volume 2 Sandra Belloni — Volume 3 Sandra Belloni — Volume 4 Sandra Belloni — Volume 5 Sandra Belloni — Volume 6 Sandra Belloni — Volume 7 The Sentimentalists The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 2 The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3 The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 The Tale of Chloe Tragic Comedians, the — Complete Tragic Comedians, the — Volume 1 Tragic Comedians, the — Volume 2 Tragic Comedians, the — Volume 3 Vittoria — Complete Vittoria — Volume 1 Vittoria — Volume 2 Vittoria — Volume 3 Vittoria — Volume 4 Vittoria — Volume 5 Vittoria — Volume 6 Vittoria — Volume 7 Vittoria — Volume 8 |
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