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The Egoist

The Egoist

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1517407486
ISBN13: 9781517407483
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 18 2015
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The Egoist
George Meredith (1828 - 1909)

The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds.

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