Man As He Is Not: Or, Hermsprong

By Robert Bage

Book Overview

Hermsprong, a mysterious wanderer who was raised by Native Americans, travels to England to discover the truth about his family and to experience English customs. Along the way, he advocates for gender and social equality, challenges societal norms, and exposes the flaws in the class system.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1019482702
• ISBN13: 9781019482704
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The original Pride and Prejudice

Writing about a generation before Jane Austen, Blage, now known primarily for nothing at all, was an extremely popular and well-thought-of 18th-century writer (he was admiringly written about by Sir Walter Scott--damning praise there, nowadays, but grow up). This is Blage's masterpiece: his last, great, satirical work skewering the mores of British snobbishness (in the person of Lord Grondale)through the caricature of an American "barbarian." The phrase "pride and prejudice" is used throughout in the manner applied by Austen (yes, this is a bucolic, country novel of manners--focusing more on character than plot; oh, with everyone married happily ever after by the end). A treat.