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Goslings
J. D. Beresford
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Description for Goslings
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
When a worldwide plague kills off most of England's male population, the highly conventional Mr. Gosling and his daughters begin to fulfill "long-thwarted tendencies and desires." Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery, leaving his daughters--who have never been permitted to learn self-reliance--to loot abandoned shops. Eventually, the Gosling girls find a place in a female-dominated agricultural commune...but their new life is threatened by their elders' prejudices about free love!
When a worldwide plague kills off most of England's male population, the highly conventional Mr. Gosling and his daughters begin to fulfill "long-thwarted tendencies and desires." Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery, leaving his daughters--who have never been permitted to learn self-reliance--to loot abandoned shops. Eventually, the Gosling girls find a place in a female-dominated agricultural commune...but their new life is threatened by their elders' prejudices about free love!
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hilobooks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781935869627
SKU
V9781935869627
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About J. D. Beresford
J.D. Beresford (1873-1947) was an English dramatist, journalist, and author. Besides Goslings (1913), his science fiction novels include The Hampdenshire Wonder (1911), about a super-genius child, Revolution (1921), What Dreams May Come... (1941), A Common Enemy (1942), and The Riddle of the Tower (1944, with Esme Wynne-Tyson), about a dystopian, hive-like society. Beresford was persecuted for his pacifism during WWI. ... Read more
Reviews for Goslings
"At once a postapocalyptic adventure, a comedy of manners, and a tract on sexual and social equality,Goslings is by turns funny, horrifying, and politically stirring. Most remarkable of all may be that it has not yet been recognized as a classic."
Benjamin Kunkel "Edwardian catastrophe novel in the mode of H.G. Wells, with ironic description of a devastated world ... Read more
Benjamin Kunkel "Edwardian catastrophe novel in the mode of H.G. Wells, with ironic description of a devastated world ... Read more