The Egoist - George Meredith torrent

Category: Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: Relationships Satire Tragicomedy Victorian England

Written by George Meredith
Read by Jonathan Keeble
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged

Self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne seeks a bride. After being jilted by his first fiancée he settles on the spirited Clara Middleton; but she starts to realise that he only wants a mirror for himself and his opinions. As she becomes desperate to disengage, and he becomes desperate to hold on to her, so a series of farcical, labyrinthine misunderstandings ensues.

Meredith’s brand of satirical firepower won him the admiration of Robert Louis Stevenson, who read The Egoist (1879) multiple times, and Oscar Wilde, who wrote: ‘Ah, Meredith! Who can define him? His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning’.

June 4 2025
19 hrs and 47 mins