The Egoist
The Egoist by George Meredith, published by Penguin Classics on January 25, 1979, is a reprint edition comprising 608 pages. This novel explores the complexities of human relationships and the impact of egoism on truth and progress. Meredith delves into the behaviors of the powerful class, using comedy as a tool to critique their pretensions and illuminate the intricacies of sentimentality.
Readers will find a rich examination of man-woman relationships within the context of British and Irish fiction. The narrative presents Meredith’s philosophical insights, particularly his views on egoism as an obstacle to genuine connection and understanding. Through a blend of intellectual discourse and comedic elements, The Egoist serves as a profound exploration of the human condition, inviting readers to reflect on the dynamics of ego and the potential for personal growth through self-awareness.
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Virginia Woolf said of The Egoist: ‘Meredith pays us a supreme compliment to which as novel-readers we are little accustomed … He imagines us capable of disinterested curiosity in the behaviour of our kind.’ In this, the most dazzlingly intellectual of all his novels, Meredith tries to illuminate the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of security which its members have built. He develops to their logical extremity his ideas on egoism, on sentimentality and on the power of comedy. Meredith saw egoism as the great enemy of truth, feeling and progress, and comedy as the great dissolver of artifice. The Egoist is the extreme expression of his recurrent theme: the defeat of egoism by the power of comedy.
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