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Title: |
The Egoist |
| Sub-title: |
A Comedy in Narrative |
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| By (author): |
George Meredith Edited by: Richard C. Stevenson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551116715 : 9781551116716 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
630 |
| Weight: |
.650 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - March 2010 |
| List Price: |
32.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
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| In The Egoist, his comic masterpiece, George Meredith takes the traditional marriage plot of English domestic fiction and turns it on its head. The novel describes the repeated and disastrous courtships of Sir Willoughby Patterne, the egoist of the title. Three women become engaged to Sir Willoughby, but, despite his aristocratic arrogance and the manipulative power of his wealth, each is finally able to see him more clearly than he sees himself. The introduction to this edition provides context for the novel from Meredithâ s own life, his theory of comedy, and his understanding of Darwinian thought. The appendices include reviews, other writing on comedy, and historical documents on women, sexual politics, and the theory of evolution. |
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