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The Shaving of Shagpat

First published: 1856
Pages: 232

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01 - Ch. 01, Part 1
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02 - Ch. 01, Part 2
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03 - Ch. 02, Part 1
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04 - Ch. 02, Part 2
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05 - Ch. 02, Part 3
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06 - Ch. 02, Part 4
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07 - Ch. 03
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08 - Ch. 04
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09 - Ch. 05
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10 - Ch. 06
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11 - Ch. 07
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12 - Ch. 08
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13 - Ch. 09
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14 - Ch. 10
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15 - Ch. 11, Part 1
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16 - Ch. 11, Part 2
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17 - Ch. 12, Part 1
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18 - Ch. 12, Part 2
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19 - Ch. 13
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20 - Ch. 14
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21 - Ch. 15
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22 - Ch. 16
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23 - Ch. 17
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24 - Ch. 18
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25 - Ch. 19
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26 - Ch. 20
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27 - Ch. 21, Part 1
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28 - Ch. 21, Part 2
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29 - Ch. 22
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30 - Ch. 23
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31 - CONCLUSION
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About this book

George Meredith's first book, published in 1856, is a comic fantasy dressed in the manner of the Arabian Nights. A down-on-his-luck barber named Shibli Bagarag is drawn by the sorceress Noorna into a strange destiny: to shave Shagpat, a clothier whose enchanted head of hair holds a whole city under its spell. The quest sends him after a magic sword, through illusions and shape-shifting sorcery, and up against the vain, monstrous Shagpat himself. Meredith piles on invented legend, mock-heroic bombast, and sly humor, so the tale reads as both an adventure and a gentle joke about pride and self-importance. Available here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.

About the author

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.