A01=Henry Brooke
Author_Henry Brooke
British literary history
Category=DS
eighteenth-century social reform literature
Enlightenment moral philosophy
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philanthropic ethics
picaresque narrative
sentimentalism theory
social inequality studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780367264314
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 123 x 186mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2022
- 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 fourth of five volumes.
Henry Brooke
