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The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete
About the Book
By British novelist George Meredith, The Adventures of Harry Richmond (1870–1871) is a romantic novel that alternates between picaresque and melodramatic sections. Meredith intended for the book to be a widespread hit, but the list of reprints indicates that only happened during Meredith's late Victorian and early Edwardian prime when some readers found his highly-wrought language to be a hindrance. The Adventures of Harry Richmond was first started by Meredith in 1863, and the following year he informed his friend Augustus Jessopp that he was working on a book titled The Adventure of Richmond Roy and his Companion, Contrivance Jack: Being the Biography of Two Rising Persons. To read this romantic novel readers should go through the adventures of Harry Richmond!
George Meredith OM (February 12, 1828-May 18, 1909) was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He was an English poet, writer, and author, whose books are noted for their intelligence, extraordinary dialogues, and aphoristic way of writing. Meredith's books are also recognised for psychological studies of character and a highly subjective perspective on life that is a long way ahead of its time, considering women are equals to men in all streams. His most popular works are The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) and The Egoist (1879). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
