"Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6" by George Meredith, explores Nevil Beauchamp's complicated journey through love, responsibility, and societal rules in the late 1800s. The story focuses on Beauchamp's connections with Renee, his former love, and Rosamund, who is now the Countess of Romfrey. The story begins on a dark, foggy night in London, where Beauchamp is thinking about Renee and his mixed-up feelings dealing with his obligations. The hero's memories of his past with her make him consider who he is and the hard choices he must deal with. At the same time, Beauchamp is talking with his cousin, Captain Baskelett, who is also a political figure and adds to the rising tensions, scandals, love, loyalty, and ambitions of his social group. Meredith uses these personal and political ideas to show a sharp understanding of what it means to be human during the Victorian era.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6
By George Meredith
Amidst societal expectations and political turbulence, a man’s entangled relationships force him to confront his deepest desires and moral compass, leading to dramatic personal revelations.
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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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