| 1828 | George Meredith born on February 12. | 1833 | Mother (Jane Macnamara Meredith) dies. | 1838 | Father (Augustus Meredith) declares bankruptcy and moves to London, leaving George in the care of relatives. | 1842 | Meredith enters the Morovian school at Neuwied (attends less than two years). | 1846 | Meredith becomes articled clerk with R.S. Charnock, a solicitor. | 1849 | Meredith marries Mary Ellen Nicolls (n�e Peacock) on August 9. | 1851 | Poems | 1853 | Arthur Gryffydh Meredith, first son, born. | 1855 | The Shaving of Shagpat | 1857 | Farina: A Legend of Cologne | 1858 | Mary Ellen Meredith elopes with Henry Wallis. | 1859 | The Ordeal of Richard Feverel | 1860 | Evan Harrington appears in Once a Week. (Book published the following year.) | 1860 | Meredith begins work as literary adviser and reader of manuscripts for Chapman and Hall. | 1861 | Death of Mary Ellen Meredith in October. | 1862 | Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside |
1864 | Emilia in England (published as Sandra Belloni in 1886) | 1864 | Meredith marries Marie Vulliamy, September 20. | 1865 | William Maxse Meredith, second son, born. | 1866 | Vittoria appears in Fortnightly Review. (Book published at the end of the year.) | 1866 | Meredith goes to Italy as a war correspondent (June-July). | 1868 | Meredith family moves to Flint Cottage (Box Hill). | 1870 | The Adventures of Harry Richmond appears in The Cornhill. | 1871 | Harry Richmond published in book form, goes into second edition. | 1874 | Marie (Mariette) Meredith, only daughter, born. | 1874 | Beauchamp's Career appears in Fortnightly Review (published in book form, 1876). | 1877 | Meredith gives talk "On the Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit" (February 1) at the London Institute. Published in The New Quarterly Magazine (April). Retitled An Essay on Comedy, published in book form in 1897. | 1879 | The Egoist (Also appears serially as Sir Willoughby Patterne: The Egoist in The Glasgow Herald.) | 1880 | The Tragic Comedians | 1883 | Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth | 1884 | Diana of the Crossways appears in The Fortnightly. | 1885 | Published in book form, Diana of the Crossways is a huge success; it goes into three editions within one year. | 1886 | Meredith's wife Marie dies of cancer, September 18. | 1886 | Chapman and Hall publish an eight volume uniform edition of Meredith's previous works. | 1887 | Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life | 1888 | A Reading of Earth | 1890 | Son Arthur dies of consumption, September 3. | 1891 | One of Our Conquerors appears in The Fortnightly, The Australasian and The New York Sun. | 1892 | Meredith is elected president of the Society of Authors. | 1892 | The Empty Purse (poems) | 1892 | Son William marries Daisy Elliot. | 1893 | Lord Ormont and His Aminta appears in Pall Mall Magazine. | 1894 | Meredith resigns from job as reader for Chapman and Hall. | 1894 | Daughter Marie (Mariette) marries Henry Parkman Sturgis. | 1895 | The Amazing Marriage appears in Scribner's Magazine. | 1896 | Complete revised edition of Meredith's works begins to be published (2 volumes at a time for 16 months). | 1898 | Odes in Contribution to the Song of French History appebar in Cosmopolis. | 1901 | A Reading of Life, with Other Poems | 1905 | George Meredith receives the Order of Merit. | 1909 | George Meredith dies May 18. |
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