Memoirs of a Coxcomb

by John Cleland

Book Overview

Published in 1751, John Cleland's second novel (after the notorious Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) is a witty and complex portrait of aristocratic British society in the mid-eighteenth century. Its young protagonist, Sir William Delamore, meets, falls in love with, and pursues the mysterious heiress Lydia. Rather than a conventional romance, however, the novel is an acerbic social satire, and Sir William an unreliable narrator and incomplete hero...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551115689
• ISBN13: 9781551115689
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.