George Meredith

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George Meredith, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1893; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Born	February 12, 1828 • Portsmouth • England
Died	May 18, 1909 (aged 81) • Surrey • England
Notable Works	“Beauchamp’s Career” • “Diana of the Crossways” • “Evan Harrington” • “Lord Ormont and His Aminta” • “Modern Love, and Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and Ballads” • “One of Our Conquerors” • “Sandra Belloni” • “The Adventures of Harry Richmond” • “The Amazing Marriage” • “The Egoist” • “The Ordeal of Richard Feverel” • “The Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian Entertainment”

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