Fool of Quality

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British sentimentalism
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Enlightenment ethics discourse
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Irish eighteenth-century fiction
moral education theory
philanthropic reform literature analysis
picaresque narrative studies
social justice history

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  • ISBN 9780367264246
  • Weight: 276g
  • Dimensions: 123 x 186mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Sep 2021
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1906, The Fool of Quality; a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke, is the only one of his works which has enjoyed any great reputation. The somewhat shapeless plot is an account of the doings of young Harry Clinton, who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Thus equipped to fight the evils of the world the innocent yet wise hero does his best to better the lot of the unfortunate Hammel Clement and his family, and other deserving cases, in the intervals between the author's frequent philosophical digressions and commentaries on the action. This book is the second of five volumes.

Henry Brooke

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