Complete Short Works of George MeredithTHE GENTLEMAN OF FIFTY AND THE DAMSEL OF NINETEENReading editionChapter navigation70 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE SHORT WORKS OF GEORGE MEREDITHFARINATHE WHITE ROSE CLUBTHE TAPESTRY WORDTHE WAGERTHE SILVER ARROWTHE LILIES OF THE VALLEYTHE MISSIVESTHE MONKTHE RIDE AND THE RACETHE COMBAT ON DRACHENFELSTHE GOSHAWK LEADSWERNER’S ECKTHE WATER-LADYTHE RESCUETHE PASSAGE OF THE RHINETHE BACK-BLOWS OF SATHANASTHE ENTRY INTO COLOGNECONCLUSIONTHE CASE OF GENERAL OPLE AND LADY CAMPERChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIITHE TALE OF CHLOE AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF BEAU BEAMISHChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XTHE HOUSE ON THE BEACHChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIITHE GENTLEMAN OF FIFTY AND THE DAMSEL OF NINETEENChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VITHE SENTIMENTALISTSIntroductory materialINTRODUCTION TO W. M. THACKERAY’S “THE FOUR GEORGES”A PAUSE IN THE STRIFE—1886CONCESSION TO THE CELT—1886LESLIE STEPHEN—1904CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SEAT OF WAR IN ITALYHEADQUARTERS OF THE FIRST ARMY CORPS,ON THE IDEA OF COMEDY AND OF THE USES OF THE COMIC SPIRIT {1}ON THE IDEA OF COMEDY AND OF THE USES OF THE COMIC SPIRIT {1} (continued 2)Footnotes:Previous chapter ←Chapter XIINext chapter →Chapter IAll chapters and sections (70)Other sectionsTHE SHORT WORKS OF GEORGE MEREDITHFARINATHE WHITE ROSE CLUBTHE TAPESTRY WORDTHE WAGERTHE SILVER ARROWTHE LILIES OF THE VALLEYTHE MISSIVESTHE MONKTHE RIDE AND THE RACETHE COMBAT ON DRACHENFELSTHE GOSHAWK LEADSWERNER’S ECKTHE WATER-LADYTHE RESCUETHE PASSAGE OF THE RHINETHE BACK-BLOWS OF SATHANASTHE ENTRY INTO COLOGNECONCLUSIONTHE CASE OF GENERAL OPLE AND LADY CAMPERChapters12345678Other sectionsTHE TALE OF CHLOE AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF BEAU BEAMISHChapters12345678910Other sectionsTHE HOUSE ON THE BEACHChapters123456789101112Other sectionsTHE GENTLEMAN OF FIFTY AND THE DAMSEL OF NINETEENChapters123456Other sectionsTHE SENTIMENTALISTSOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsINTRODUCTION TO W. M. THACKERAY’S “THE FOUR GEORGES”A PAUSE IN THE STRIFE—1886CONCESSION TO THE CELT—1886LESLIE STEPHEN—1904CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SEAT OF WAR IN ITALYHEADQUARTERS OF THE FIRST ARMY CORPS,ON THE IDEA OF COMEDY AND OF THE USES OF THE COMIC SPIRIT {1}ON THE IDEA OF COMEDY AND OF THE USES OF THE COMIC SPIRIT {1} (continued 2)Footnotes:(An early uncompleted and hitherto unpublished fragment.)By GEORGE MEREDITH◇← CHAPTER XIICHAPTER I →