Young Earnest: The Romance of a Bad Start in Life
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About This Book
Gilbert Cannan (25 June 1884 – 30 June 1955) was a British novelist and dramatist. Cannan worked first as a translator, and a reviewer in London publications. Many of his novels are in part autobiographical, and fit into a novel sequence the Lawrie Saga, around the character Stephen Lawrie. Samuel Butler was a major influence on his fiction. In 1914, the novelist Henry James in an article in The Times named Cannan as one of four significant up-and-coming authors, alongside D. H. Lawrence, Compton Mackenzie and Hugh Walpole.
Chapters (37)
- CONTENTS
- BOOK ONE LINDA BROCK
- I LOVE IN EARNEST
- II 166 HOG LANE WEST
- III GEORGE MARRIED
- IV A RETURN
- V SETTLING DOWN
- VI PROFESSOR SMALLMAN
- VII FLYING NEAR THE CANDLE
- VIII INTIMACY
- IX PATERFAMILIAS
- X HONEYMOON
- XI MATRIMONY
- XII ESCAPE
- BOOK TWO ANN PIDDUCK
- I ADVENTURE IN LONDON
- II MITCHAM MEWS
- III MR. MARTIN
- IV LEARNING A TRADE
- V TOGETHER
- VI KILNER
- VII OLD LUNT
- VIII RITA AND JOE
- IX TALK
- X AN ENCOUNTER
- XI VISION
- XII SETTLEMENT
- BOOK THREE CATHLEEN BENTLEY
- I MEETING
- II HAPPINESS
- III THE WEST WIND
- IV EXPLANATION
- V THRIGSBY
- VI THE COMFORT OF RELIGION
- VII CASEY’S VENTURE
- VIII THRIVING
- IX YOUNG LOVE DREAMING
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