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George Meredith's Modern Love (1862) is a collection of 50 16-line sonnets about the failure of his first marriage. He reflects his own disillusionment after his wife Mary Ellen, the daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, left him for the painter Henry Wallis. It^{[clarification needed]} is often thought of as one of the first psychological poems.

[hide] v t e George Meredith Poetry Modern Love (1862) Novels The Shaving of Shagpat (1856) The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) The Adventures of Harry Richmond (1871) Beauchamp's Career (1875) The House on the Beach (1877) The Tale of Chloe (1879) The Egoist (1879) Diana of the Crossways (1885)

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