WRITER

George Meredith

1828 - 1909

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George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Meredith has received more than 387,473 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). George Meredith is the 2,442nd most popular writer (down from 2,404th in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,845th in 2019) and the 196th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The works of George Meredith
Correspondence, English Novelists
1896
The Adventures of Harry Richmond
2000
Diana of the Crossways
Classic Literature, Fiction, Married women
1885
The egoist
Classic Literature, Courtship, Courtship in literature
1879
The ordeal of Richard Feverel
Fiction, Fathers and sons, Accessible book
Hated every word.
1859
Poems
Accessible book, English poetry
1851

Page views of George Merediths by language

Over the past year George Meredith has had the most page views in the with 44,090 views, followed by Russian (3,641), and Spanish (3,252). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (71.20%), Simple English (50.61%), and Basque (48.06%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Meredith ranks 2,442 out of 7,302. Before him are Mak Dizdar, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ai Qing, Ikki Kita, Johann Peter Hebel, and Louise Colet. After him are Renée Vivien, Justus of Tiberias, Johann Karl August Musäus, Petar Preradović, E. Nesbit, and Chariton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, George Meredith ranks 30. Before him are Friedrich Albert Lange, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Charles de Freycinet, Dora d'Istria, Antoinette de Mérode, and Meyer Guggenheim. After him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Rainilaiarivony, Joseph Dietzgen, Andrew Taylor Still, Władysław Czartoryski, and Lahiri Mahasaya. Among people deceased in 1909, George Meredith ranks 36. Before him are Caran d'Ache, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Karl Krumbacher, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, and Afonso Pena. After him are Renée Vivien, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Joshua Slocum, Catulle Mendès, John Millington Synge, and Zhang Zhidong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 1,800 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Hichens (1882), Sarah Miles (1941), Cynegils (575), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Albert F. Mummery (1855). After him are Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), Ernest Bevin (1881), Sam Worthington (1976), John Bevis (1695), and Elizabeth Tudor (1492).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Meredith ranks 196. Before him are William Auld (1924), Leonard Woolf (1880), Taliesin (518), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), and Dorothy L. Sayers (1893). After him are Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), William Beckford (1760), Dick Francis (1920), Christopher Priest (1943), and Richard Adams (1920).

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