George and Mary Meredith, the East India Company, and the Society of Arts: New Light on the Author's Early Career
A series of eight letters from Mary Meredith to Henry Cole reveal that George Meredith was unable to obtain a position at the India House. These letters not only shed new light on Meredith's prolonged unemployment during his first marriage, but also present a case study of the new method of app...
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