{"product_id":"father-and-son-paperback-1","title":"Father and Son: A Classic Memoir of Faith, Family, and Intellectual Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Gosse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Gosse's \u003cem\u003eFather and Son\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the classic English memoirs of childhood, religion, family conflict, and intellectual awakening.\u003c\/strong\u003e First published anonymously in 1907 and subtitled \u003cem\u003eA Study of Two Temperaments\u003c\/em\u003e, the book recalls Gosse's upbringing in a strict Plymouth Brethren household under the shadow of his father, Philip Henry Gosse, a distinguished naturalist and devout Christian. It is a memoir of love, constraint, reverence, rebellion, and the painful emergence of an independent mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the book is the collision between two worlds: the father's absolute religious certainty and the son's gradual movement toward literature, imagination, scepticism, and modern thought. Gosse writes with restraint rather than melodrama, tracing the pressures of Victorian piety, parental expectation, grief, education, and spiritual doubt with unusual psychological delicacy. The result is both an intimate family portrait and a landmark account of the struggle between inherited belief and personal conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major work of autobiography and English literary memoir, \u003cem\u003eFather and Son\u003c\/em\u003e remains essential for readers interested in Victorian religion, father-son relationships, coming-of-age narratives, childhood memoirs, literary autobiography, and the cultural tensions of nineteenth-century Britain. Its power lies in the precision of its recollection: a private life rendered as a quiet but decisive conflict between faith, affection, and intellectual freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48113304830200,"sku":"9781604596328","price":27.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/AILbCpJ9EB9781604596328.webp?v=1783296000","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/father-and-son-paperback-1","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}