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Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man

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A pompous, self-justifying narrator presents a mock-autobiography recounting his upbringing, family life, schooling, early ambitions, career choices, and social encounters, all delivered with earnest moralizing that highlights petty hypocrisy. Episodes touch on infancy ailments, school bullying and legal disputes, eccentric local notables, visionary notions of a Christian commercial vocation, and domestic details. Through comic detail and exaggerated self-congratulation he unwittingly exposes the gap between his proclaimed goodness and a narrow, judgmental outlook, producing sustained satire of middle-class respectability.

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Title: Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man

Author: Sir H. H. Bashford

Illustrator: Marjorie Blood

Release date: February 18, 2021 [eBook #64587]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUGUSTUS CARP, ESQ., BY HIMSELF: BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A REALLY GOOD MAN ***

AUGUSTUS CARP, Esq.


Myself at the age of 21 from a photograph now in the possession of the Reverend Simeon Whey


AUGUSTUS CARP, Esq.
By HIMSELF
BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
A REALLY GOOD MAN
With
Illustrations by
ROBIN
BOSTON & NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1924

Printed in Great Britain

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER
AUGUSTUS CARP
OF CAMBERWELL