Evan Harrington
1861 novel by George Meredith
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Evan Harrington
Evan Harrington is an 1861 novel by George Meredith, a glowing comedy of Victorian presumptions.
Setting and plot
The second of Meredith's 'mainstream' novels, the work is loosely autobiographical in inspiration;[1] and concerns the social climbing family (three married daughters; one unmarried son) of the recently deceased tailor, Melchisedec (The Great Mel) Harrington.[2]
Characters
Two of Meredith's most notable comic creations - The Great Mel and his daughter Louisa, the scheming Countess of Saldar - appear in the book.[3] Among lesser comic figures are Jack Raikes and Mr Parsley.[4]
The love interest of the hero, Evan - who is urged up the social ladder by his three sisters - is Rose Jocelyn:[5] she was taken as the epitome of mid-Victorian womanhood by the scholar Henry Sidgwick.[6]
See also
- Lady Anna
References
- ^ D Daiches ed., Companion to Literature 1 (London 1963) p. 358
- ^ I Ousby ed., Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 312
- ^ D Daiches ed., Companion to Literature 1 (London 1963) p. 358
- ^ I Ousby ed., Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 312
- ^ I Ousby ed., Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Cambridge 1995) p. 312
- ^ G M Young, Victorian England (London 1964) p. 155
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George Meredith
- Modern Love (1862)
- The Lark Ascending (1881)
- The Shaving of Shagpat (1856)
- The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859)
- Evan Harrington (1861)
- The Adventures of Harry Richmond (1871)
- Beauchamp's Career (1875)
- The House on the Beach (1877)
- The Tale of Chloe (1879)
- The Egoist (1879)
- Diana of the Crossways (1885)
- One Of Our Conquerors (1891)
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