Father and Son by Edmund Gosse

Father and Son by Edmund Gosse

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Presents the record of the author's struggle to 'fashion his inner life for himself'.

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Father and Son by Edmund Gosse

At birth Edmund Gosse was dedicated to 'the Service of the Lord'. His parents were Plymouth Brethren. After his mother's death Gosse was brought up in stifling isolation by his father, a marine biologist whose faith overcame his reason when confronted by Darwin's theory of evolution. Father and Son is also the record of Gosse's struggle to 'fashion his inner life for himself' - a record of whose full and subversive implications the author was unaware, as Peter Abbs notes in his Introduction. First published anonymously in 1907, Father and Son was immediately acclaimed for its courage in flouting the conventions of Victorian autobiography and is still a moving account of self-discovery.
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ISBN 13 9780140182767
ISBN 10 0140182764
Title Father and Son
Author Edmund Gosse
Series Penguin Modern Classics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1989-07-27
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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