The egoist : a comedy in narrative

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The egoist : a comedy in narrative

George Meredith ; edited with an introduction by Margaret Harris

(The world's classics)

Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description

The Egoist (1879), George Meredith's best known novel, works witty variations on the traditional courtship plot. Exploiting the conventions of dramatic comedy, this novel of manners relies on sexual innuendo to satirize the patriarchal, aristocratic and imperialist assumptions prevalent in Victorian England. When the delightfully obnoxious egoist Sir Willoughby Patterne determines to secure a bride worthy of his name, a complicated game of pursuit and flight ensues involving a colorful cast of characters.

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  • NCID
    BA21444935
  • ISBN
    • 0192818171
  • LCCN
    91014084
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxi, 578 p.
  • Size
    19 cm
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