Ordeal of Richard Feverel is a Victorian novel by George Meredith that tells the story of a young man's struggle to live his own life in the face of his father's strict educational system. The novel explores themes of love, sex, marriage, society, class, and social commentary. It was considered too frank and sexually explicit by the leading libraries of the day and was refused to be bought. However, it was later admired and respected by authors such as E. M. Forster, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf.