Description
A sharp, provocative Victorian novel presented as a “true history,” this book follows Joshua Davidson as his life unfolds under the pressure of competing loyalties—faith and politics, public respectability and private conviction. With a satirical edge aimed at institutional power, it stages a struggle between Christian authority and radical ideas, inviting readers to question what society demands in exchange for belonging. Themes of dissent, hypocrisy, and the cost of ideological commitment run through every turn of the narrative, while the story’s shifting perspectives blur the line between biography and argument. Written in Eliza Lynn Linton’s distinctive, polemical style—often noted for its daring engagement with gender and social roles—this work remains a landmark of nineteenth-century literary controversy.
Available Editions
paperback
Kessinger Publishing
Published Jun 30, 2004
88 pages
ISBN: 9781419185946
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First Published
1873
Language
eng
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