The Bending of a Twig

By Desmond Coke

Book Overview

Desmond Coke's, The Bending of a Twig, first published in 1906, is intended as a parody of the traditional school story. It tells of the experiences of its hero, Lycidas Marsh, at Shrewsbury School and is based on memories of Coke's own school days there. Coke pokes fun at other school stories such as Eric, Tom Brown, The Hill, and St. Dominic's by preparing his protagonist for public school life through reading and absorbing the contents of these stories! This approach is adopted because Lycidas March's father is not himself a public school man. Needless to say, the preparation is not a success, and only when Lycidas abandon ways of behaving according to these stories, does he really start to fit in at Shrewsbury."In School life at any rate, the Rule of Force and the Survival of the Fittest are no mere barren catch-words of philosophy."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477410821
• ISBN13: 9781477410820
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"