The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son by George Meredith
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"The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son" by George Meredith is a novel published in 1859. After his wife abandons him, Sir Austin Feverel raises his son Richard according to "the System," a rigid educational plan designed to control every aspect of the boy's development. When Richard falls in love with Lucy Desborough despite his father's strict supervision, Sir Austin's interference sets off a chain of events
that tests whether any system can truly master human passion and desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Meredith, George, 1828-1909 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Chandler, Frank Wadleigh, 1873-1947 |
| Title | The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and Son |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ordeal_of_Richard_Feverel |
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Produced by David Edwards, Dianne Nolan, Louise Setzer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 34858 |
| Release Date | Jan 5, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 847 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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