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Young Earnest

Gilbert Cannan

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . shuddering feeling of being ridiculous as he waited. He wanted to run away, but that would have been even more absurd. The chain of the door rattled, the bolts rapped back, and George said:

“Come in. You’ve wakened Elsie, and she’s not at all well.”

“But I wanted to see you. Father’s come back.”

“What?”

“Father’s come back.”

“Mother all right?”

“She seems quite pleased.”

“Then there’s nothing more to be said. If you[Pg 50] don’t like him, tell him he’s got to pay the rent. That’ll clear him out fast enough. Good night.”

George seized René by the arm, lifted him through the door on to the step, closed the door, shot the bolts and the chain. In his astonishment René found himself nearly back at 166 before he could realize the outrage that had been done to his . . . Read More

Community Reviews

I seem to be the first reviewer of this early twentieth century Bildungsroman. Rene is a precocious youth growing up in a Northern town, absentee father, loutish brother, pious mother, teacher who sees his potential - all very familiar territory. I found it terrifically readable, his disasters, his