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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son (1859) is 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... Read Full Overview

This great story of love and tyranny, republished here for the first time in many years, helped alter the direction of the English novel. First published in 1859, the year when Darwin's Origin of Species was calling ito question the fundamental laws by which the Victorians governed... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son George Meredith was born in Hampshire, England, in 1828 and the early years of his student life were spent in Germany. On his return to England he took up the study of law, but soon abandoned it in favor... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview