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Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments
Father and Son A Study of Two Temperaments Author:Edmund Gosse, Peter Abbs (Editor) 'This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments, two consciences and almost two epochs.' — Father and Son stands as one of English literature's seminal autobiographies. In it Edmund Gosse recounts, with humour and pathos, his childhood as a member of a Victorian Protestant sect and his struggles to forge his o... more »wn identity despite the loving control of his father. Father and Son is a key document of the crisis of faith and doubt; a penetrating exploration of the impact of evolutionary science; an astute, well-observed, and moving portrait of the tensions of family life. As well as an illuminating introduction, this edition also provides a series of fascinating appendices including extracts from Philip Gosse's Omphalos and his harrowing account of his wife's death from breast cancer.