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.
Published by New York: The Modern Library Edition. First Modern Library, September 1927.
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.Shepardson Bookstall
AbeBooks seller since November 30, 2002
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 328.00
Quantity: 1 available
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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE COPY with EVEN RARER, ORIGINAL 1927 DJ. DJ is light green (looks white on scan) with red trim covered in mylar; has price of 95 cents; has an inch and half chip on top DJ edge which allows gold book title on book spine to peak through; per Toledano, has Hardy's Jude the Obscure, NOT Dumas' Three Musketeers listed inside. . BOOK is covered in dark green leatherette (limp cloth); spine #4; small leaping torchbearer on front; Bernhard EP; green topstain; previous owner's name neatly written on front endpaper. 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. Sold like hot cakes when it first came out. Oh là là.…
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- Title
- 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.
- Author
- MEREDITH, GEORGE, Written by; (1828-1909) English Novelist and Poet of the Victorian era.
- Publisher
- New York: The Modern Library Edition. First Modern Library, September 1927.
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Modern Library with DJ
Shepardson Bookstall
Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 30, 2002
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