Meredith, GEORGE

b. 1828. English novelist, by some esteemed the ablest living; master of an elaborate and intricate style, which has hitherto made his audience select rather than large. His best known books are probably Richard Feverel, 1859, The Egoist, 1879, and Diana of the IMG:content-1315.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1316.png:[blocks in formation]