| Front | The Egoist |
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| Back | Novel George Meredith 1879 The central character of Meredith's comedy is Sir Willoughby Patterne, rich and handsome, selfish, fatuous and cencieted The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. Synopsis The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds. |
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