biography
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| (1828–1909)
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| Writer, born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, S England, UK. He was educated privately and in Germany, and on his return to London rejected a career in law. Although his best-known work, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, was written in 1859, he achieved no real literary success to begin with, and lived in poverty, forced to eke out a living by becoming a manuscript reader. Later works, such as The Egoist (1879) and Diana of the Crossways (1885), brought him financial reward. His main poetic work is Modern Love (1862), based partly on his first, unhappy marriage. Other books include Evan Harrington (1860), Harry Richmond (1871), and Beauchamp's Career (1875). His prose works include Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth (1883). He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1905, and enjoyed much recognition towards the end of his life. His unfinished short story, ‘Celt and Saxon’, published posthumously in 1910, was influential in creating popular awareness of these two cultures. |
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