Mr. Queed is a very serious, proud, and socially awkward young man who moves to a southern state from New York City after receiving a written request from his father, whom he has never met. Queed rigorously devotes all his time to writing his magnum opus on evolutionary sociology. However, he avoids

Fabulous! I had no idea what this book was about when I waded in. The long and short of it is a man called Mr Queed moves down from New York City to an un-named Southern State. He would like nothing better to sit in his room and write his Book about sociology and the brotherhood of man. But he's dis

This was the second book I have read this month that was published in 1911. This novel was not only the better of the two but was the best book I have read in a long, long time.

The book has aged well. The dialogue is sharp and witty, as are the descriptions and the action. Allowing for a few quirks

An unexpected gem!

I've read this novel in Myanmar version. Now Queed is my best friend.

A strange book about a strange man with a strange name. Queed is something of an INTJ who suddenly finds himself living in a Southern town in the early 1900s, and we observe his unfamiliarity with How People Work as he attempts to fumble through life amongst his fellow humans. The book is quite enga

This book was quite enjoyable. Published in 1911, it reflects societal norms of the time. It is also set in an unnamed city in the south 40 years after the Civil War and that is a little thread that runs through the story, but is certainly not the main story. I wanted to put this on my historical fi

I read the Burmese translation which is translated by late well known journalist U Win Htin. He mentioned this book as his bible.

I came across Queed via a hundred year old rant in the book Beyond Life by James Branch Cabell, where he, in the modern slag 'gatekeeps' literature by saying: "Not even the publishers need pretend nowadays that Queed was an important contribution to literature but this book was read by millions and