num_pages: 120
description: Francesca Bassington--mother of The Unbearable Bassington--was one of those women towards whom Fate appears to have the best intentions &amp; never to carry them into practice. Fate had done her good service in providing her with Henry for a brother, but Francesca could well set the plaguy malice of the destiny that had given her Comus for a son. The boy was one of those untamable young lords of misrule...he was irresponsible &amp; ungrateful--the focus of his corner of British society. &amp; what could be done with him...? Send him off to the colonies, was what.
language: English
title: The Unbearable Bassington
titlecomplete: The Unbearable Bassington
characters: Comus Bassington, Francesca Bassington
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Edwardian, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 643
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books