THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL (ML# 134.1, FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, September 1927, 144 Titles Listed on DJ) This book shocked Victorian readers but gained for itself a cult following.

MEREDITH, GEORGE, Written by; (1828-1909) English Novelist and Poet of the Victorian era.

Published by New York: Modern Library Edition. 1927 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 144 Titles on DJ.

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE COPY with EVEN RARER, ORIGINAL 1927 DJ. DJ is light green and red covered in mylar; has price of 95 cents; per Toledano, has Hardy's Jude the Obscure, NOT Dumas' Three Musketeers listed inside; chips on top corners, spine edge top and bottom also along top back edge (see scan). BOOK is covered in dark blue leatherette (limp cloth); spine #4; small leaping torchbearer on front; Bernhard EP; blue topstain. SYNOPSIS: Meredith's first and most controversial novel concerns Sir Austin Feverel's misconceived attempts to educate his son Richard according to a system of his own devising - a system based on theories of sexual restraint. Exploring generational and gender conflicts, the psychology of sexual jealousy and repression, and myths of Eden and Utopia. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel shocked Victorian readers but gained for itself a cult following. Seller Inventory # 825

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Title: THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL (ML# 134.1, ...

Publisher: New York: Modern Library Edition. 1927 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 144 Titles on DJ.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition