THE YOUNG VISITERS

Written in 1890 but not published until 1919 (and kept in print in Britain since that time), this novel proves to be a completely in nocent yet inadvertently amusing spoof of Victorian society. The guileless author (whose photo nonetheless shows a deep self-satisfa ction) writes of 42-year-old Alfred Salteena, who, born on the wrong side of the blanket, wishes to become a gentleman. The suave an d well-connected earl of Clincham imparts to his apt pupil (without irony and with telling accuracy) the essence of becoming one of the upper...[Read more]