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Author: MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1909)
Title: The ordeal of Richard Feverel : a history of a father and son
Description: London : Constable & Co. 1911. New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor library marks remain internally. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 455 pages; Physical description: vii. 455 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction -- Philosophy -- Education -- Society -- Culture -- 19th century. Summary: The earliest full-length novel by George Meredith; its subject is the inability of systems of education to control human passions. It is one of a select group of standard texts that have been included in all four of Everyman's Library (1935). the New American Library of World Literature (1961). Oxford World's Classics (1984). and Penguin Classics (1998). With its rigorous psychological analysis and criticism of contemporary attitudes to sexuality. it has been seen by some critics as the first modern novel in English literature. by George Meredith.Weight in Kg appr.:
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Title: The ordeal of Richard Feverel : a history of a father and son
Description: London : Constable & Co. 1911. New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor library marks remain internally. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 455 pages; Physical description: vii. 455 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction -- Philosophy -- Education -- Society -- Culture -- 19th century. Summary: The earliest full-length novel by George Meredith; its subject is the inability of systems of education to control human passions. It is one of a select group of standard texts that have been included in all four of Everyman's Library (1935). the New American Library of World Literature (1961). Oxford World's Classics (1984). and Penguin Classics (1998). With its rigorous psychological analysis and criticism of contemporary attitudes to sexuality. it has been seen by some critics as the first modern novel in English literature. by George Meredith.Weight in Kg appr.:
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Price: EUR 10.95 = appr. US$ 11.90 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 201246
- Book number: 201246