The Mysteries of Origin and the Need for a Happy Ending: George Meredith's Evan Harrington: He Could be a Gentleman.

A literary criticism of George Meredith's novel "Evan Harrington: He Could be A Gentleman," is presented which integrates Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory with moral dictums and Christianity. It cites that the story concerns itself with class differences and the moral code of a gentleman such as...

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Published in:Victorian Newsletter no. 117; pp. 58 - 75
Main Author: Shu-Fang Lai
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Victorian Newsletter Spring2010
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