description: "This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments, two consciences, and almost two epochs. It ended, as was inevitable, in disruption. Of the two beings here described, one was born to fly backward, the other could not help being carried forward..". Thus begins this remarkable chronicle of the division between generations. Gosse was born in 1849 into a deeply religious household; both parents were pious members of the Plymouth Brethren, a narrow sect. This book, Gosse's masterpiece, was anonymously published in 1907.
language: English
title: Father & Son, a Study of Two Temperaments
titlecomplete: Father & Son, a Study of Two Temperaments
characters: Edmund William Gosse
genres: Classics, Autobiography, History, Religion, Biography, 20th Century, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 1002
publisher: Reprint Services Corporation