The Loom of Youth

by Alec Waugh

Book Overview

This semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Gordon Caruthers' schooldays at the English public school, Fenhurst. From his confusion and isolation, through rebellious school escapades and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1544709951
• ISBN13: 9781544709956
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The loom of youth

This book was written in the very early days of World War 1 and describes the author's time in a great english public school. It describes the era, the patriotism, the mores of the upper classes of England in the beginning of the 20th century. In many ways, it compares with the "Tom Brown's Schooldays" but describes the england of 80 years later. A huge change. A very interesting book indeed ! It's also interesting that the author is the brother of Evelyn Waugh, who wrote "Brideshead Revisited". It's hard to imagine books that are so different !