The Egoist
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The Egoist

A Comedy in Narrative

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The Egoist

A Comedy in Narrative

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Sir Willoughby Patterne is handsome, rich, generous and admired, and the novel is the slow, exact demonstration of what it is like to be engaged to him. Meredith's style won him more admirers among writers than readers — he worked for years as a publisher's reader — and here the difficulty pays: nobody has ever anatomised male vanity so completely, and Clara Middleton's attempts to get free are as tense as any thriller.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785501184534
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Prelude. A Chapter of Which the Last Page Only Is of Any Importance
  4. Chapter I. A Minor Incident Showing an Hereditary Aptitude in the Use of the Knife
  5. Chapter II. The Young Sir Willoughby
  6. Chapter III. Constantia Durham
  7. Chapter IV. Laetitia Dale
  8. Chapter V. Clara Middleton
  9. Chapter VI. His Courtship
  10. Chapter VII. The Betrothed
  11. Chapter VIII. A Run with the Truant; a Walk with the Master
  12. Chapter IX. Clara and Laetitia Meet: They Are Compared
  13. Chapter X. In Which Sir Willoughby Chances to Supply the Title for Himself
  14. Chapter XI. The Double-Blossom Wild Cherry-Tree
  15. Chapter XII. Miss Middleton and Mr. Vernon Whitford
  16. Chapter XIII. The First Effort After Freedom
  17. Chapter XIV. Sir Willoughby and Laetitia
  18. Chapter XV. The Petition for a Release
  19. Chapter XVI. Clara and Laetitia
  20. Chapter XVII. The Porcelain Vase
  21. Chapter XVIII. Colonel de Craye
  22. Chapter XIX. Colonel de Craye and Clara Middleton
  23. Chapter XX. An Aged and a Great Wine
  24. Chapter XXI. Clara’s Meditations
  25. Chapter XXII. The Ride
  26. Chapter XXIII. Treats of the Union of Temper and Policy
  27. Chapter XXIV. Contains an Instance of the Generosity of Willoughby
  28. Chapter XXV. The Flight in Wild Weather
  29. Chapter XXVI. Vernon in Pursuit
  30. Chapter XXVII. At the Railway Station
  31. Chapter XXVIII. The Return
  32. Chapter XXIX. In Which the Sensitiveness of Sir Willoughby Is Explained: And He Receives Much Instruction
  33. Chapter XXX. Treating of the Dinner-Party at Mrs. Mountstuart Jenkinson’s
  34. Chapter XXXI. Sir Willoughby Attempts and Achieves Pathos
  35. Chapter XXXII. Laetitia Dale Discovers a Spiritual Change and Dr Middleton a Physical
  36. Chapter XXXIII. In Which the Comic Muse Has an Eye on Two Good Souls
  37. Chapter XXXIV. Mrs. Mountstuart and Sir Willoughby
  38. Chapter XXXV. Miss Middleton and Mrs. Mountstuart
  39. Chapter XXXVI. Animated Conversation at a Luncheon-Table
  40. Chapter XXXVII. Contains Clever Fencing and Intimations of the Need for It
  41. Chapter XXXVIII. In Which We Take a Step to the Centre of Egoism
  42. Chapter XXXIX. In the Heart of the Egoist
  43. Chapter XL. Midnight: Sir Willoughby and Laetitia: With Young Crossjay Under a Coverlet
  44. Chapter XLI. The Rev. Dr. Middleton, Clara, and Sir Willoughby
  45. Chapter XLII. Shows the Divining Arts of a Perceptive Mind
  46. Chapter XLIII. In Which Sir Willoughby Is Led to Think That the Elements Have Conspired Against Him
  47. Chapter XLIV. Dr Middleton: The Ladies Eleanor and Isabel: And Mr. Dale
  48. Chapter XLV. The Patterne Ladies: Mr. Dale: Lady Busshe and Lady Culmer: With Mrs. Mountstuart Jenkinson
  49. Chapter XLVI. The Scene of Sir Willoughby’s Generalship
  50. Chapter XLVII. Sir Willoughby and His Friend Horace de Craye
  51. Chapter XLVIII. The Lovers
  52. Chapter XLIX. Laetitia and Sir Willoughby
  53. Chapter L. Upon Which the Curtain Falls
  54. About the Author

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