E. F. Benson

Broschiertes Buch

The Challoners

Beschreibung

A sharp, sparkling window into Edwardian England, where drawing rooms shield as much as they reveal. A satire that moves with wit and warmth, The Challoners dissects high society manners with a relish that endures. This edition from Alpha Editions unveils Benson's deft handling of family inheritance secrets, marital expectations, and the social rituals that govern provincial English towns. The novel of manners blends light, parlour room comedy with a satirical fiction critique of status, exposing how reputation and truism can cloak real human foibles. It rewards attentive readers with scenes that feel both intimate and revealing, offering a literary analysis guide's friendly bearings for those new to Benson and a fresh delight for seasoned collectors. The Challoners holds its place in the lineage of edwardian era satire: a mirror held up to the foibles and fashions of the age, a work steeped in British social satire that still resonates today. For casual readers, it reads with accessible charm and recognisable human motives; for classic-literature collectors, it is a carefully restored artefact, a book whose presence signals something rarer than a passing fashion. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it is more than a reprint-it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. A thoughtful book club read and a trusted gateway to provincial life in Edwardian England, The Challoners invites renewed discussion and lasting admiration.

Autor

Edward Frederic Benson OBE (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was a novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian, and short story writer from the United Kingdom. E. F. Benson was the fifth child of Wellington College's headmaster, Edward White Benson (after chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, Bishop of Truro, and Archbishop of Canterbury), and his wife, Mary Sidgwick ("Minnie"). E. F. Benson was the younger brother of Arthur Christopher Benson, who penned "Land of Hope and Glory," Robert Hugh Benson, who wrote several novels and Roman Catholic apologetic works, and Margaret Benson (Maggie), a novelist and amateur Egyptologist. Benson attended Temple Grove School and subsequently Marlborough College, where he composed some of his early writings and based his novel David Blaize. He pursued his schooling at Cambridge's King's College. He was a member of the Pitt Club at Cambridge and later became an honorary fellow of Magdalene College. Benson was a gifted and prolific writer. Sketches from Marlborough, his first book, was published while he was still a student. He began his novel-writing career with the (then) fashionable controversial Dodo (1893), which was an instant success, and went on to write a range of satire, romantic and supernatural melodrama, and fantasy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9789354847721
• ISBN-10: 9354847722
• Artikelnr.: 62414637