英国维多利亚时期重要作家乔治·梅瑞狄斯不仅是诗人还是小说家,其小说代表作《利己主义者》所蕴含的“喜剧精神”深受他的岳父托马斯·皮考克、英国小说家萨克雷以及法国剧作家莫里哀等的影响。本文主要从梅瑞狄斯的思想来源、喜剧精神的创作实践以及喜剧精神的接受与影响等诸方面展开论述,探究他的创作动机,领略他在小说创作过程中对“喜剧精神”的演绎,更深层次地欣赏它的艺术价值。 George Meredith, an important Victorian writer in the UK, is not only a poet or novelist, but his “comedy spirit” embodied in his novel “Egoist” is greatly influenced by his father-in-law Thomas Pincher, Clay and the French playwright Morrie and so on. This paper mainly discusses the source of Meredith’s thoughts, the practice of comic creation and the acceptance and influence of comic spirits, explores his creative motivation and appreciates the influence of his works on the “comedy spirit” Interpretation, deeper appreciate its artistic value.