Father and Son

Name: Father and Son
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781784874391
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By Edmund Gosse

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Father and Son by Edmund Gosse is a compelling memoir exploring the intricate relationship between Gosse and his father, Philip. Set in the Victorian era, it contrasts the author's journey towards self-discovery and intellectual freedom with his father's strict religious convictions. The narrative offers a poignant reflection on the clash between tradition and modernity.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the dynamics of a complex father-son relationship and the tension between faith and science in the Victorian era. It's a heartfelt memoir that captures the struggle between a son's intellectual independence and a father's strict religious beliefs, offering insight into family life and personal growth.

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

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Father and Son is the classic memoir of inter-generational strife, featuring an afterword from Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent, and an introduction by Anthony Quinn.

Subtitled "a study of two temperaments," Edmund Gosse's childhood memoir narrates the often fractious, yet often comic, story of his relationship with his authoritarian father. Philip Henry Gosse, a pioneering naturalist and marine biologist with a strictly religious worldview, faces a crisis provoked by the revelations of Charles Darwin and the death of his wife, Emily, who is Edmund's mother.

As Edmund seeks to break away from his father's influence, the transition from one epoch to the next unfolds with struggle, humour, and glory.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784874391

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 219g

Pages: 272

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Biography & Memoir Edmund Gosse Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Sir Edmund William Gosse was born in 1849 to the Naturalist Philip Henry Gosse and the poet and illustrator Emily Bowes. Gosse was raised within the devout Protestant Sect, the Plymouth Brethen, and after the death of his mother, Gosse's father struggled to reconcile his faith with the increasing evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution. The psychological struggle to break away from his father's influence formed the subject of his 1907 biography, Father and Son. A poet and a critic, as well as the librarian of the House of Lords library, Gosse wielded considerable influence in the art world of the early 20th century, and was instrumental in introducing the works of Isben to the English-speaking world. Gosse was knighted in 1925, three years before his death in 1928.