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The Adventures Of Mr. Verdant Green (Part - Ii)

The Adventures Of Mr. Verdant Green (Part - Ii)

Cuthbert Bede

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789354757143
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A brisk, affectionate whirl through a Victorian campus and corridor of manners, The Adventures Of Mr. Verdant Green (Part II) invites both fresh readers and seasoned collectors into a world where schoolboy wit meets university life satire.In this gently comic narrative, Cuthbert Bede follows Verdant Green as he navigates studies, social codes, and the curious hierarchies of late-Victorian England. The book blends entertaining episodic humour with observant portraits of education and behaviour, offering a lucid, humane lesson in character, conduct, and the small rebellions that make manners matter. It’s a work of lingering warmth and intelligence: a timeless window into Oxford University life and the wider social fabric of its era, rendered with clarity, charm, and a keen eye for satire.The work holds enduring literary and historical significance as a popular, influential piece of schoolboy fiction that helped shape later manners-and-class comedy and university life humour. For the classic literature reader, libraries and collectors, and those seeking a thoughtful student reading guide, Verdant Green remains a touchstone of Victorian England’s moral comedy and social detail.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector’s item and a cultural treasure-perfect for casual readers and serious collectors alike, a vivid reminder of a long-ago but still pertinent world.

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