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George Meredith


UK flag (1828 - 1909)

George Meredith was born on February 12, 1828. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy.

In 1842, when George Meredith was 15, he attended the Moravian school at Neuwied on the Rhine. Although he was there for less than two years, Meredith was to refer to this period as the only real education he had. The school stimulated his intellect and taught him to respect rationality, self-respect, sincerity and courage. The time spent there also left him with a love of German music, poetry and the German countryside. It marked the end of his formal schooling.
 
 
Novels
   The Shaving of Shagpat (1856)
   Farina (1857)
   The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859)
   Evan Harrington (1860)
   Rhoda Fleming (1865)
   The Adventures of Harry Richmond (1871)
   The Cornhill (1871)
   Beauchamp's Career (1875)
   The Egoist (1879)
   The Tragic Comedians (1880)
   Diana of the Crossways (1885)
   One of Our Conquerors (1891)
   Lord Ormont and His Aminta (1894)
   The Amazing Marriage (1895)
   Celt and Saxon (1910)
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Collections
   Modern Love (poems) (1862)
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