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Why was The Ordeal of Richard Feverel banned by leading lending libraries?
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George Meredith, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1893; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, published in 1859 by George Meredith, was banned by leading lending libraries because some contemporary readers considered the novel to be prurient.1
The work, which explores the complex psychological relationship between a manipulative father and his son, was controversial for its themes at the time of its release.1