A Man's Man - Hay, Ian; Flagg, James Montgomery
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Ian Hay's "A Man's Man" offers a sharp and humorous look at English upper-class society and its intricate social customs. This witty novel blends British humor with social satire, exploring the lives and relationships of individuals navigating the complexities of their world, both before and during the tumultuous years of World War I. Through keen observation and delightful prose, Hay provides a snapshot of a bygone era, examining the nuances of social interactions and the evolving roles of women in a society on the cusp of significant change. The story presents a comedic yet insightful…mehr

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Ian Hay's "A Man's Man" offers a sharp and humorous look at English upper-class society and its intricate social customs. This witty novel blends British humor with social satire, exploring the lives and relationships of individuals navigating the complexities of their world, both before and during the tumultuous years of World War I. Through keen observation and delightful prose, Hay provides a snapshot of a bygone era, examining the nuances of social interactions and the evolving roles of women in a society on the cusp of significant change. The story presents a comedic yet insightful commentary on the values, expectations, and unspoken rules that governed English society, making it a timeless exploration of human nature and the enduring power of social dynamics. Readers will find themselves charmed and entertained by Hay's skillful storytelling and the novel's enduring relevance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Major General John Hay Beith, CBE MC, was a British schoolteacher and soldier, but he is best known as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who worked under the pen name Ian Hay. After studying Classics at Cambridge University, Beith became a schoolteacher. His novel Pip was published in 1907, and its popularity, together with the success of numerous other novels, enabled him to retire from teaching in 1912 to pursue a full-time writing career. During World War I, Beith was a French army officer. His humorous description of army life, The First Hundred Thousand, released in 1915, was a best-seller. As a result of this, he was assigned to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, DC. After the war, Beith's books did not gain the popularity of his earlier work, but he established a successful career as a dramatist, producing light comedies in cooperation with other authors such as P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. During WWII, Beith was the War Office's Director of Public Relations, retiring in 1941 just before his 65th birthday.