How did the banning of The Ordeal of Richard Feverel affect George Meredith’s finances?

The banning of The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by influential lending libraries effectively shattered George Meredith’s hopes of achieving financial affluence through the novel’s success.1

Because the book was deemed prurient by delicate readers, its circulation was severely restricted. Consequently, Meredith was forced to seek alternative income to support himself, taking employment as a manuscript reader for a publisher and writing editorials and news items for a provincial newspaper. This necessity meant that his own creative writing could only be pursued during his limited spare time.21