A Collection of Short Stories, Novels and Poetry and Essay on Comedy

George Meredith

Verlag: Constable, London, 1909

Beschreibung

A five volume collection of poetry, novels and essays by George Meredith Consisting of Poems Vol II, An Essay on Comedy, The Shaving of the Shagpat, Short Stories and Lord Ormont George Meredith, (1828 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. His writing was characterised by a fascination with imagery and indirect references. He had a keen understanding of comedy and his Essay on Comedy (1877) is still quoted in most discussions of the history of comic theory. In 1868 he was introduced to Thomas Hardy by Frederick Chapman of Chapman & Hall the publishers. Hardy had submitted his first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady. Meredith advised Hardy not to publish his book as it would be attacked by reviewers and destroy his hopes of becoming a novelist. Meredith felt the book was too bitter a satire on the rich and counselled Hardy to put it aside and write another 'with a purely artistic purpose' and more of a plot. Meredith spoke from experience; his first big novel, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, was judged so shocking that Mudie's circulating library had cancelled an order of 300 copies. Before his death, Meredith was honoured 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. Uniformly bound in full calf binding with gilt detail to the boards. Externally generally smart, lightly rubbed in places with wear to the head and tales of the spines including closed tears. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SET54-D-5

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Titel: A Collection of Short Stories, Novels and ...

Verlag: Constable, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1909

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Good

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