The Egoist

About this book

This edition of Merediths satirical novel of manners reprints the text of 1897 which incorporated Merediths revisions to the first edition of 1879. The editor has corrected some errors which escaped Merediths attention and has provided exceptionally useful notes on the novel. "Backgrounds" includes Merediths "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit." "The Critical Essays" are by Robert D. Mayo Richard B. Hudson Jenni Calder Gillian Beer John Goode Charles J. Hill Michael Sundell Virginia Woolf John Lucas and Robert M. Adams. A Bibliography is also included.