Father and Son

Edmund Gosse's Father and Son is a moving autobiographical work about a boy growing up under strict religious discipline and an exacting father. The book explores memory, filial affection, intellectual awakening, and the slow, painful widening of a child's world.

Readers who appreciate intimate memoir and careful psychological observation will find it deeply rewarding. Father and Son speaks to anyone interested in family tension, Victorian piety, and the emotional cost of becoming oneself, while preserving a tenderness that keeps the recollection from turning merely critical. It is steady, readable, and easy to follow. It is steady, readable, and easy to follow. It is steady, readable, and easy to follow. It is steady, readable, and easy to follow.