In this novel, Meredith illuminates the pretensions of the powerful within their citadels of security, developing his ideas on egoism, sentimentality and the power of comedy. Meredith saw egoism as the great enemy of truth, feeling and progress, and comedy as the great dissolver of artifice.
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In this novel, Meredith illuminates the pretensions of the powerful within their citadels of security, developing his ideas on egoism, sentimentality and the power of comedy. Meredith saw egoism as the great enemy of truth, feeling and progress, and comedy as the great dissolver of artifice.
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I've read literally dozens of 19th century novels and consider myself a pretty patient reader, but I couldn't make it through this one. Very elaborate, labored, "witty" style with limited underlying content. Literally everything that many of us find tiring about Victorian literature in a condensed form.
