Aspects and Impressions
The memoir explores the author's childhood, focusing on his complex relationship with his father, Philip Henry Gosse, a naturalist and devout Christian. The book describes the author's experiences growing up in a strict, isolated household where his father's scientific pursuits and religious beliefs dominated daily life. Through vivid descriptions of people, places, and events, the memoir conveys the author's sense of confinement, curiosity, and emerging individuality.
By Edmund Gosse · First published 1890 · Genre: Biography, Non-fiction, Literary criticism · 15 chapters · 110,359 words
First lines
In and after 1876, when I was in the habit of walking from the north-west of London towards Whitehall, I met several times, driven slowly homewards, a victoria which contained a strange pair in whose appearance I took a violent interest. The man, prematurely ageing, was hirsute, rugged, satyr-like, gazing vivaciously to left and right; this was George Henry Lewes. His companion was a large, thickset sybil, dreamy and immobile, whose massive features, somewhat grim when seen in profile, were incongruously bordered by a hat, always in the height of the Paris fashion, which in those days commonly included an immense ostrich feather; this was George Eliot. The contrast between the solemnity of the face and the frivolity of the headgear had something pathetic and provincial about it.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edmund Gosse
- Date: 1890 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Biography, Non-fiction, Literary criticism, Autobiography
- Length: 110,359 words
- Structure: 15 chapters, 887 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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Genres
- Biography — The work is a collection of personal impressions and experiences.
- Non-fiction — The work is based on real events and people.
- Literary criticism — The work includes analysis and critique of various literary works.
- Autobiography — The work includes the author's personal experiences and reflections.
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Literary Criticism · Essays · 19th Century Literature · British Literature · Art Criticism · Aesthetic Movement · Victorian Era · Cultural Analysis · Intellectual History · Philosophical Musings · Autobiographical Elements · Personal Reflections
Contents
- GEORGE ELIOT
- HENRY JAMES
- SAMUEL BUTLER
- A NOTE ON CONGREVE
- THE FIRST DRAFT OF SWINBURNE'S ANACTORIA
- THE HOTEL DE RAMBOUILLET
- MALHERBE AND THE CLASSICAL REACTION[3]
- THE FOUNDATION OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY
- ROUSSEAU IN ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- THE CENTENARY OF LECONTE DE LISLE
- TWO FRENCH CRITICS EMILE FAGUET - REMY DE GOURMONT
- THE WRITINGS OF M. CLEMENCEAU
- A VISIT TO THE FRIENDS OF IBSEN
- FAIRYLAND AND A BELGIAN ARIOSTO
- SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD WOLSELEY