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Author Description <b>George Meredith</b> of Britain wrote novels, such as <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20708.The_Ordeal_of_Richard_Feverel" title="The Ordeal of Richard Feverel" rel="nofollow noopener">The Ordeal of Richard Feverel</a> </i> (1859), and poetic works, including <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863092.Modern_Love" title="Modern Love" rel="nofollow noopener">Modern Love</a> </i> (1862). <br /><br />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. <br /><br />He collected his early writings, first published in periodicals, into <i>Poems</i>, 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 <i>The Ordeal of Richard Feverel</i> (1859), his first "major novel." It was considered a breakthrough novel, but its sexual frankness caused a scandal and prevented it from being widely read. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />His works include: <i>The Shaving of Shagpat</i> (1856), <i>Farina</i> (1857), <i>Vittoria</i> (1867) and <i>The Egoist</i> (1879). <i>The Egoist</i> is one of his most enduring works.<br /><br /><i>Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.</i><br /><br />George^Meredith

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