SKU: BBB-0264
FICTION - CLASSIC LITERATURE - VICTORIAN NOVEL
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
| Author | George Meredith (ed. Lionel Stevenson, Duke University) |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge |
| Year Published | 1958 |
| Edition | Riverside Editions — First printing of this edition 1958 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Genre | FICTION / Classic Literature / Victorian Novel |
| BriteBound SKU | BBB-0264 |
About This Book
Copyright © 1958 by Lionel Stevenson. All rights reserved. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Riverside Editions series, catalog number B27. Price: $1.15. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Stevenson, Duke University. George Meredith: 1828–1909. The Egoist was first published in 1879. Introduction by Lionel Stevenson (reprinted by permission of Macmillan and Company, Ltd., and St. Martin's Press). Gray cover with repeating bird motif — classic Riverside Editions design. Introduction notes the novel as one of the most distinguished yet frustrating Victorian novels, now consistently acclaimed as Meredith's finest work. Cover shows moderate wear and price sticker ($1.15 HMCo.); interior clean. George Meredith is a significant Victorian novelist; The Egoist is his most studied work.