After his wife's desertion, Sir Austin wants to bring up his son according to a strict educational system governing every aspect of his life. However Richard has to make his own mistakes, fall in love, and generally live his own life. This book tells about the clashes between Richard's wish to govern his own life to his father's constant interference. This book was very influential. The leading libraries of the day considered it too frank and sexually explicit and refused to buy it. Later authors including E. M. Forster, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf admired and respected it. - Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia
01. The Inmates of Raynham Abbey02. Showing How the Fates Selected the Fourteenth Birthday to Try the Strength of the System03. The Magian Conflict04. Arson05. Adrian Plies His Hook06. Juvenile Stratagems07. Daphne’s Bower08. The Bitter Cup09. A Fine Distinction10. Richard Passes Through His Preliminary Ordeal, and is the Occasion of an Aphorism11. In which the Last Act of the Bakewell Comedy is Closed in a Letter12. The Blossoming Season13. The Magnetic Age14. An Attraction15. Ferdinand and Miranda16. Unmasking of Master Ripton Thompson17. Good Wine and Good Blood18. The System Encounters the Wild Oats Special Plea19. A Diversion Played on a Penny-Whistle20. Celebrates the Time-Honoured Treatment of a Dragon by the Hero21. Richard is Summoned to Town to Hear a Sermon22. Indicates the Approaches of Fever23. Crisis in the Apple-Disease24. Of the Spring Primrose and the Autumnal25. In which the Hero Takes a Step26. Records the Rapid Development of the Hero27. Contains an Intercession for the Heroine28. Relates How Preparations for Action Were Conducted Under the April of Lovers29. In which the Last Act of a Comedy Takes the Place of the First30. Celebrates the Breakfast31. The Philosopher Appears in Person32. Procession of the Cake33: Norsing The Devil34. Conquest of an Epicure35. Clare’s Marriage36. A Dinner-Party at Richmond37. Mrs. Berry on Matrimony38. An Enchantress39. The Little Bird and the Falcon; a Berry to the Rescue!40. Clare’s Diary41. Austin Returns42. Nature Speaks43. Again the Magian Conflict44. The Last Scene45. Lady Blandish to Austin Wentworth
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