My great grandfather’s book scandalous novel, ‘The Wager’ caused an enormous stir upon its initial release in 1919. The book’s content invited comparisons in The Times to ‘the depravities of Wilde, absent his wit’. A modern audience may better appreciate it's follies.
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My great grandfather’s book scandalous novel, ‘The Wager’ caused an enormous stir upon its initial release in 1919. The book’s content invited comparisons in The Times to ‘the depravities of Wilde, absent his wit’. A modern audience may better appreciate it's follies.
Download: Chapter 1 My great grandfather’s book ‘An examination of the effect on character of greatly altered circumstances, as epitomised by the divergent conditions into which two young unfortunates are thrust by the wretched cynicism of their betters,’ or ‘The Wager’ caused an enormous stir upon its initial release in 1919. The book so shocked […]
The Wager
My great grandfather’s book scandalous novel, ‘The Wager’ caused an enormous stir upon its initial release in 1919. The book’s content invited comparisons in The Times to ‘the depravities of Wilde, absent his wit’. A modern audience may better appreciate it's follies.