George Meredith

The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus,...

My plain story is of two Kentish damsels, and runs from a home of flowers into regions where flowers are few and sickly, on to where the flowers which breathe sweet breath have been proved in mortal fire.

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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by George Meredith. CONTENTS: The Shaving of Shagpat, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Sandra Belloni, Rhoda Fleming, Evan Harrington, Vittoria, The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Beauchamp's Career, The Egoist, The Tragic Comedians, Diana of the Crossways, One of Our Conquerors, Lord Ormont and his Aminta, The Amazing Marriage, Celt and Saxon, Farina, Case of General Ople, The Tale of Chloe, The...