The Giant's Robe - Anstey, F.
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F. Anstey's "The Giant's Robe" is a classic of humorous fiction and literary satire that offers a delightful parody of academic life. This engaging novel explores the foibles and pretensions found within intellectual circles with wit and sharp observation. A master of satire, Anstey crafts a story that entertains while gently skewering its subject matter. This meticulously prepared edition ensures the enduring appeal of Anstey's work is preserved. Readers will appreciate the timeless humor and insightful commentary that make "The Giant's Robe" a rewarding and entertaining read. Dive into this…mehr

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F. Anstey's "The Giant's Robe" is a classic of humorous fiction and literary satire that offers a delightful parody of academic life. This engaging novel explores the foibles and pretensions found within intellectual circles with wit and sharp observation. A master of satire, Anstey crafts a story that entertains while gently skewering its subject matter. This meticulously prepared edition ensures the enduring appeal of Anstey's work is preserved. Readers will appreciate the timeless humor and insightful commentary that make "The Giant's Robe" a rewarding and entertaining read. Dive into this comedic masterpiece and discover why Anstey remains a celebrated voice in humorous literary fiction. 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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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (writing as F. Anstey or FT Anstey), was an English writer best known for his humorous novel Vice Versa, about a boarding school child and his father who switch identities. The Tinted Venus, as well as other funny parodies in Punch magazine, reinforced his reputation. He was born in Kensington, London, to organist and composer Augusta Amherst Austen and Thomas Anstey Guthrie. He was educated at King's College School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and admitted to the bar in 1880. Guthrie's younger brother, Leonard Guthrie (1858-1918), was a physician. The widespread success of his story Vice Versa (1882), with its topsy-turvy replacement of a father for his schoolboy son, established him as an innovative comedian. In 1883, he wrote a serious book, The Giant's Robe, which George Gissing called'very poor stuff'. Anstey learned (again in 1889 with The Pariah) that the public preferred to consider him as a comic rather than a serious author. As a result, his fame was reinforced by The Black Poodle (1884), The Tinted Venus (1885), A Fallen Idol (1886), and other masterpieces.