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George Meredith Collection, 1845-1935, bulk 1880-1909 15.43 Linear Feet

Meredith, George, 1828-1909
The George Meredith collection contains manuscripts, annotated proofs and printed works, correspondence, and other papers documenting the life and works of George Meredith. Contents include a complete set of the Chapman and Hall edition of Meredith's Works, extensively interleaved with corrections and annotations in the author's hand; the autograph manuscript of The adventures of Harry Richmond (1871); and over 200 letters and transcripts of letters, including 26 to Frederic Chapman, 17 to Theodore Watts-Dunton, and 45 to Augustus Jessopp.
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Notebook II: blue quarto notebook, 1849-1850 Box 38, Folder 345, Box 38, Folder 345

Contains a long early poem, "Wandering Willie," an incomplete story, "The Land of Flowers," an essay on Grillparzer, which formed the basis for Meredith's article "Austrian poets" in Fraser's Magazine (August 1852) and fragments and memoranda.
  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. George Meredith Collection, 1845-1935, bulk 1880-1909
  3. Other Papers,

Autograph letter, signed, to Frederick Chapman, 1850-1851 Box 31, Folder 123, Box 31, Folder 123

This is an early letter in which Meredith speaks of important publishing matters, including proofs of a book on Japan. It is also one of the few letters in which he speaks of his wife without bitterness. (There is no reference to her in 1852, and they were subsequently divorced after a very unhappy marriage.)
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  2. George Meredith Collection, 1845-1935, bulk 1880-1909
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  4. Loose-Leaf Letters to Individuals,

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