Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees is a novel written by Maurice Hewlett and was first published in 1908. The story revolves around the life of a young man named Simon Warbeck, who comes from a well-to-do family and is expected to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. However, Simon is not interested in pursuing a career in law and instead wants to become a writer.Simon's father disapproves of his son's ambitions and sends him to Oxford...