Title: The member
Subtitle: an autobiography
First published: 1832
Description: The Member has claims to be the first political novel in English language and is a tour de force of wit, observation, and a devastating critique of political self-seeking. Its hero is a Scot, newly returned from India, who purchases a seat in a rotten borough.
Subjects: Biography, Social life and customs, Intellectual life, Scottish Authors, Scottish Novelists, Fiction, Galt, john, 1779-1839, Authors, scottish, Authors, biography, Scotland, intellectual life, Politics and government
Places: Scotland
People: John Galt (1779-1839)
Time periods: 19th century