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Evan Harrington

by George Meredith

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1860
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Meredith drew on his own family history for this sharp social comedy, whose hero is the son of a celebrated country tailor. When old 'the great Mel' dies, young Evan Harrington is left torn between the honest trade that bred him and the gentleman's life he longs for, especially once he loses his heart to the well-born Rose Jocelyn. His formidable sister, the self-invented Countess de Saldar, schemes tirelessly to bury the family's connection to the shop and pass her brother off as a gentleman. Meredith mines the snobbery of Victorian England for both laughter and feeling, and lets Evan find dignity only when he stops running from who he is.

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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.

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Book facts

First published
1860
Reading time
About 13 hours
Pages
467
Language
English
Genre
Satire
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