| Little Mr. Bouncer and Tales of College Life Contributor(s): Bede, Cuthbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 116264222X ISBN-13: 9781162642222 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Education | Leadership - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1893. With illustrations by the author. Cuthbert Bede, pen-name of Edward Bradley, English author, who as rector of Stretton in Rutlandshire gained a reputation as a humorist and numbered among his friends Cruikshank, Frank Smedley, Mark Lemon and Albert Smith. He is chiefly known as the author of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, which he also illustrated. Several well-known Oxford characters of the time are depicted in its pages, such as Dr. Plumptre the vice-chancellor, Dr. Bliss the registrar, and the waiter at the Mitre. Little Mr. Bouncer is the sequel to The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Both books abound with fun. |
