{"product_id":"jaspar-tristram-valancourt-classics-paperback","title":"Jaspar Tristram (Valancourt Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. W. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. D. Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mr Clarke is familiar with school-life, and writes about it amazingly well. The book deserves the attention of all those who care for the finer qualities of fiction. It is a remarkable book.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Far above the average novel.' - \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A real masterpiece.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Academy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'There is real power in it, and power of a somewhat rare kind. The author makes his story live as a real one to the mind of the reader.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the author's boarding school experiences at Radley College in the late 1870s, \u003ci\u003eJaspar Tristram\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) is an extraordinary psychological study of the eponymous hero, tracing his thoughts and emotions as he proceeds from boyhood towards young adulthood: his unhappiness at school, his affection for the older boy Orr and later his love for his friend L. C. 'Elsie' Southwood. As A. D. Harvey writes in the Introduction, it is 'one of the most painfully convincing portrayals of adolescence ever written'. Though presented in the safer guise of a story of 'schoolboy friendships', it is also one of the earliest gay-themed English novels ever published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praised by late-Victorian critics, \u003ci\u003eJaspar Tristram\u003c\/i\u003e quickly became a cult favourite in gay literary circles, counting Oscar Wilde (who called it 'charming'), Edward Carpenter, and Marc-Andr  Raffalovich among its admirers, and it is also a likely influence on E. M. Forster's \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e and Evelyn Waugh's \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e. This first-ever republication of the only novel by A. W. Clarke (1860-1913) reprints the unabridged text of the scarce first edition and includes a new introduction.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712326045759,"sku":"9781941147481","price":45.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/df0d22afe88aba18e1d37c471bcecaf5.webp?v=1765061386","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jaspar-tristram-valancourt-classics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}