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Synopsis

A history of a father and son. (george meredith's works).

Item Description

8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. [vi] + 472 pp. Bound in contemporary half leather, gilt, over marbled boards; spine in compartments with raised bands decorated gilt, with contrasting maroon title label, gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. A little wear to extremities, including edges and corners and top edge sunned; otherwise a very good clean copy. In a uniform edition of the author's works, leather bound volume of the first full length novel of George Meredith (1828-1909). Originally published in 1859, it caused controversy at the time because of the sexual nature of the relationships of its protagonists. More recently it has been critically acclaimed as the first modern novel, according to J. B. Priestley and others, who praise a sympathetic attitude towards sexuality; the novel described an alternative education system of the mid-Victorian era and influenced the work of later writers like E. M. Forster.