The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (Used Hardcover) - George Meredith

Condition: This book is in Good Condition. The cover is faded but intact. There is a small stain on the edge of the pages, but the pages themselves are clean and unmarked. The previous owner's name is written in ink inside the cover with the date 1942. There are penciled price markings on the front flyleaf and inside the back cover.

First published in 1859, 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. 

Published 1927 Modern Library