George Meredith

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George Meredith

George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also took a close interest in social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". He was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 12, 1828 (Portsmouth), Died May 18, 1909 (Dorking)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	CVE-67425	12-in.	1/29/1931	Love in the valley	Miss M. E. A.	Recitation	author

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meredith, George," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102269.

Meredith, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102269.

"Meredith, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.