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  • The Egoist

    Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist: 'Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel-readers we are little accustomed ... He imagines us capable of disinterested curiosity in the behaviour of our kind.' In this, the most dazzlingly intellectual of all his novels, Meredith tries to illuminate the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of security which its members ... Read more

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  • The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative

    Comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the impressionable senses; nor have we recourse to the small circular glow of the ... Read more

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  • The Egoist

    The Egoist is a brilliant and incisive novel that explores the intricacies of personality, social expectation, and the subtle dynamics of relationships. Written by George Meredith, this classic work is renowned for its sharp wit, psychological depth, and keen observation of human behavior, offering a compelling and often ironic portrait of self-absorption and its consequences. At the center of the ... Read more

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  • Diana of the Crossways, all five volumes in a single file

    According to Wikipedia: "George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters.[1] His mother died when he was five. ...He read law and was articled as a solicitor, but abandoned that profession for journalism and poetry shortly after marrying Mary Ellen ... Read more

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  • Diana of the Crossways — Complete

    George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature. ... Read more

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  • The Egoist

    In The Egoist, his comic masterpiece, George Meredith takes the traditional marriage plot of English domestic fiction and turns it on its head. The novel describes the repeated and disastrous courtships of Sir Willoughby Patterne, the egoist of the title. Three women become engaged to Sir Willoughby, but, despite his aristocratic arrogance and the manipulative power of his wealth, each is finally ... Read more

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  • Evan Harrington — Complete

    George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature. ... Read more

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  • The Egoist

    Comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the impressionable senses; nor have we recourse to the small circular glow of the ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Egoist, The

    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 49 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This edition of Meredith's satirical novel of manners reprints the text of 1897, which incorporated Meredith's revisions to the first edition of 1879. The editor has corrected some errors which escaped Meredith's attention and has provided exceptionally useful notes on the novel. "Backgrounds" includes Meredith's "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the ... Read more

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  • Vittoria Volume 5

    The novel tells the story of Vittoria, a young Italian patriot who is fighting for the freedom of her country from Austrian rule. Vittoria is a strong and independent woman who is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in. She is also a skilled conspirator and a gifted leader.Vittoria falls in love with Carlo Ammiani, a young Italian officer who is also fighting for the Risorgimento. Carlo ... Read more

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  • Vittoria Volume 6

    The novel tells the story of Vittoria, a young Italian patriot who is fighting for the freedom of her country from Austrian rule. Vittoria is a strong and independent woman who is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in. She is also a skilled conspirator and a gifted leader.Vittoria falls in love with Carlo Ammiani, a young Italian officer who is also fighting for the Risorgimento. Carlo ... Read more

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  • Evan Harrington (Complete)

    On a more intimate acquaintance with the couple, you acknowledge the aptness of the fine distinction. By birth Mrs. Harrington had claims to rank as a gentlewoman. That is, her father was a lawyer of Lymport. The lawyer, however, since we must descend the genealogical tree, was known to have married his cook, who was the lady's mother. Now Mr. Melchisedec was mysterious concerning his origin; and, ... Read more

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