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George Meredith

The Egoist: A Comedy in NarrativeGeorge Meredith The Egoist CHAPTER I A MINOR INCIDENT SHOWING AN HEREDITARY APTITUDE IN THE USE OF THE KNIFE There was an ominously anxious watch of eyes visible and invisible over the infancy of Willoughby, fifth in descent from Simon Patterne, of Patterne Hall, ...

Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith Complete Short Works of George Meredith FARINA By George Meredith THE WHITE ROSE CLUB In those lusty ages when the Kaisers lifted high the golden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bo...

The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau BeamishGeorge Meredith The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish 'Fair Chloe, we toasted of old,As the Queen of our festival meeting;Now Chloe is lifeless and cold;You must go to the grave for her greeting.Her beauty and tale...

FarinaGeorge Meredith Farina THE WHITE ROSE CLUB In those lusty ages when the Kaisers lifted high the golden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a prosperous ...

Celt and Saxon. CompleteGeorge Meredith Celt and Saxon – Complete CHAPTER I. WHEREIN AN EXCURSION IS MADE IN A CELTIC MIND A young Irish gentleman of the numerous clan O’Donnells, and a Patrick, hardly a distinction of him until we know him, had bound himself, by purchase of a railway-ticket, to ...

The Case of General Ople and Lady CamperGeorge Meredith The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper CHAPTER I An excursion beyond the immediate suburbs of London, projected long before his pony-carriage was hired to conduct him, in fact ever since his retirement from active service, led General Ople...

The Amazing Marriage. CompleteCHAPTER I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUSCHAPTER II. MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES DUMP THE POSTILLION CONDUCTINGCHAPTER III. CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHE...

Celt and Saxon. Volume 2George Meredith Celt and Saxon – Volume 2 CHAPTER XII MISS MATTOCK Mrs. Adister O'Donnell, in common with her family, had an extreme dislike of the task of composing epistles, due to the circumstance that she was unable, unaided, to conceive an idea disconnected with the m...

Miscellaneous ProseGeorge Meredith Miscellaneous Prose INTRODUCTION TO W. M. THACKERAY'S "THE FOUR GEORGES" WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY was born at Calcutta, July 18, 1811, the only child of Richmond and Anne Thackeray. He received the main part of his education at the Charterhouse, as we know to...

The SentimentalistsGeorge Meredith The Sentimentalists DRAMATIS PERSONAE HOMEWARE.PROFESSOR SPIRAL.ARDEN,…………. In love with Astraea.SWITHIN,……….. Sympathetics.OSIER,DAME DRESDEN,…… Sister to Homeware.ASTRAEA,……….. Niece to Dame Dresden and Homeware.LYRA,………….. A Wife.LADY OLDLACE.VIRGINIA.WINIFRE...