Nevil Beauchamp, a dashing young naval officer, falls in love with the Frenchwoman Renée in Venice, then comes home to stand for Parliament as a Radical, to the horror of his Tory uncle and the society around him. Torn between Renée, Cecilia Halkett and his ideals, he pursues his causes with reckless sincerity.
Meredith’s own favourite among his novels, a sharp portrait of Victorian politics and idealism. Download the free EPUB.