Father and Son
by
Edmund Gosse
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1784874396
ISBN-13
9781784874391
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
Vintage Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 6th, 2018
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
222 grams
Dimensions
19.30 x 13.30 x 1.80 cms
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A pioneering naturalist and marine biologist, Philip Henry Gosse's strictly religious worldview is brought into crisis by the discoveries of Charles Darwin and the death of his wife - and Edmund’s mother - Emily.
''The classic of memoir of inter-generational strife, with an afterword from author of The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry and an introduction from Anthony Quinn.
Subtitled ‘a study of two temperaments’ Edmund Gosse''s childhood memoir tells the often fractious, often comic story of Gosse’s relationship with his authoritarian father. A pioneering naturalist and marine biologist, Philip Henry Gosse''s strictly religious worldview is brought into crisis by the discoveries of Charles Darwin and the death of his wife - and Edmund’s mother - Emily. As Edmund breaks away from his father''s influence, the evolution from one epoch to the next is described in all of its struggle, humour and glory.
Subtitled ‘a study of two temperaments’ Edmund Gosse''s childhood memoir tells the often fractious, often comic story of Gosse’s relationship with his authoritarian father. A pioneering naturalist and marine biologist, Philip Henry Gosse''s strictly religious worldview is brought into crisis by the discoveries of Charles Darwin and the death of his wife - and Edmund’s mother - Emily. As Edmund breaks away from his father''s influence, the evolution from one epoch to the next is described in all of its struggle, humour and glory.
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