George Meredith
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George Meredith was a British novelist and poet who lived from 1828 to 1909 and is remembered as an important literary figure of the Victorian era. His works explored complex themes of human nature and society, making him a significant influence on English literature during his lifetime and beyond.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 February 1828
- Died
- 18 May 1909
- Works
- 1125
Top works
- The egoist
- Poems
- The tragic comedians
- The shaving of Shagpat
- Diana of the crossways, a novel
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- Total plays
- 70
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George Meredith OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith 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 portrayed 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". Meredith was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. Meredith was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
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