Sir George Tressady is a novel by Mary Augusta Ward. Originally published as a serial from 1895 to 1896,[1] it was Ward's seventh novel.

Sir George Tressady
Title page of the first edition.
AuthorMary Augusta Ward
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.
Publication date
1896
Publication placeEngland
Pages571

This is the book that Miss Adeline Glendower, the elder of the Glendower half-sisters, has chosen for her seaside reading[2] in The Sea Lady, a social satire by H. G. Wells.

Notes

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  1. ^ Sutherland, John (1991). Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian. Oxford University Press, p. 149.
  2. ^ "The Coming of the Sea Lady" . The Sea Lady (1902) . having found her place in "Sir George Tressady"—a book of which she was naturally enough at that time inordinately fond

Further reading

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  • "Another Tract for the Times," The Book Buyer, Vol. 13, No. 10, 1896, pp. 641–642.
  • "Mrs. Ward's New Novel," The Athenaeum, No. 3596, 1896, pp. 413–414.
  • "Sir George Tressady," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 78, No. 470, 1896, pp. 841–843.
  • Cooper, J.A. (1896). "Mrs. Ward's New Novel: A Review," The Canadian Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 179–181.
  • Elliot, Arthur D. (1897). "Sir George Tressady," The Edinburgh Review, Vol. 185, No. 379, pp. 84–109.
  • Gilder, Jeannette L. (1896). "Shows Mrs. Ward’s Gifts," The Chicago Sunday Tribune, 27 September 1896, p. 33.
  • Rives, Françoise (1974). "Fiction and Politics in Sir George Tressady." In: Politics in Literature in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. Janie Teissedou. Lille, France: Univ. de Lille III, pp. 185–202.
  • Traill, H.D. (1896). "Sir George Tressady and the Political Novel," The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 60, No. 359, pp. 703–714 (rep. in The Living Age, Vol. 211, No. 2735, 1896, pp. 647–656.)
  • Woods, Katharine Pearson (1896). "Mrs. Ward and 'The New Woman'," The Bookman, Vol. 4, pp. 245–247.
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