The memoir recounts the author's unhappy childhood, dominated by his father Philip Henry Gosse, a marine biologist and strict Christian who imposed a harsh regime on his family. The narrative explores the tensions between the father's scientific rationality and his religious fundamentalism, as well as the son's struggle to establish his own identity and break free from paternal tyranny.
By Edmund Gosse · First published 1903 · Genre: Biography, Historical, Non-fiction · 10 chapters