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George Meredith
George Meredith 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 D…
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culture · British novelist and poet (1828–1909) · writer · poet · novelist · prose writer · also George Meredith, Meredith
Born 12 February 1828 · Died 18 May 1909 · Q90238
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2026· 4 entries
Mshale: Hugo And Meredith Chat With Team Venezuela And MLB Superstar Luis Arráez! Pope Leo (oDajOxcqGh)
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The Lufkin Daily News: Meredith Averill, Michael B. Jordan, Rebecca Yarros and Lisa Joy will work to bring "Fourth Wing" to screen.
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Hindustan Times: Who is Frank Beard's wife, Debbie Meredith? Inside ZZ Top drummer's family, children and ex-wife, Catherine Alexander | Hindustan Times
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1920· 1 entry
By Stewart Marsh Ellis, his second cousin
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1910· 1 entry
– a project driven by Harley Granville-Barker
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1909· 2 entries
Died 1909-05-18.
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“I discorsi sono gli spiccioli del silenzio.”
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1905· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1905).
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Was appointed to the Order of Merit, which had recently been established by King Edward VII
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1896· 1 entry
And captioned "Our First Novelist", was an indication of Meredith's standing at that time; Beerbohm thought him, Shakespeare apart, the greatest English literary figure
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1892· 1 entry
Succeeded Tennyson as president of the Society of Authors; that year there was an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews; and at a dinner in his honour in 1895 Thomas Hardy and George Gissing paid tribut
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1885· 2 entries
Which attracted notice because of its relationship to real-life events involving Caroline Norton and Lord Melbourne
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Lauded by Meredith as "the most unpretending, brave and steadfast friend ever given for a mate"
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1883· 1 entry
Published Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth, which contained substantial new pieces such as "Melampus", "The Day of the Daughter of Hades", "Earth and Man" and "The Woods of Westermain", along with pieces that had
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1879· 1 entry
Which applies some of his theories, in particular his idea of comedy as "the ultimate civiliser"
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1876· 1 entry
Aged 79, and his second wife Matilda in 1885, aged 67
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1868· 1 entry
Meredith was introduced to Thomas Hardy by Frederic Chapman of Chapman & Hall
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1865· 1 entry
Their son, William Maxse (1865–1937), would edit Meredith's letters and achieve note in the world of publishing.
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1863· 1 entry
Meredith met Marie Vulliamy, a young woman of Anglo-French stock whose father, Justin, was the successful, recently retired proprietor of a wool business in Normandy
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1862· 1 entry
Arthur was enrolled at Norwich School, which was run by a friend of Meredith's, Augustus Jessopp
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1861· 1 entry
Published Evan Harrington, a novel which deals with class, manners and mimicry
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1857· 1 entry
Became pregnant by him and in April 1858 gave birth to a son, Harold, who was later known as Felix Wallis
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1856· 1 entry
Though it was praised by George Eliot for its "poetical genius"
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1844· 1 entry
Had drowned while attempting to rescue a man under his command
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1828· 1 entry
Born 1828-02-12.
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