"The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale" by George Meredith is a story set in a coastal town where we meet Mr. Tinman, a new esquire trying to climb the social ladder, grappling with his place and the complicated relationships around him after being a successful shopkeeper. The story begins by showing his odd habits and dreams, like when he buys herrings for dinner, and we also see how he gets on with his sister and the people of the town. Looming problems about where people stand in society, stubborn pride, and maybe even love start bubbling up, especially when characters like Mr. Van Diemen Smith and Annette Smith show up, and she might shake things up. From the start, the book suggests it will explore the funniness and stumbles that come with being human.
The House on the Beach: A Realistic Tale
By George Meredith
In a quaint seaside community, a man's aspirations for higher status become entangled with humorous mishaps and budding rivalries sparking drama in his pursuit to ascend the social ranks.
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About the AuthorGeorge Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also portrayed social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". Meredith was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. Meredith was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also portrayed social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". Meredith was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. Meredith was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
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