Description

A brisk, affectionate whirl through a Victorian campus and corridor of manners, The Adventures Of Mr. Verdant Green (Part II) invites both fresh readers and seasoned collectors into a world where schoolboy wit meets university life satire. In this gently comic narrative, Cuthbert Bede follows Verdant Green as he navigates studies, social codes, and the curious hierarchies of late-Victorian England. The book blends entertaining episodic humour with observant portraits of education and behaviour, offering a lucid, humane lesson in character, conduct, and the small rebellions that make manners matter. It's a work of lingering warmth and intelligence: a timeless window into Oxford University life and the wider social fabric of its era, rendered with clarity, charm, and a keen eye for satire. The work holds enduring literary and historical significance as a popular, influential piece of schoolboy fiction that helped shape later manners-and-class comedy and university life humour. For the classic literature reader, libraries and collectors, and those seeking a thoughtful student reading guide, Verdant Green remains a touchstone of Victorian England's moral comedy and social detail. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector's item and a cultural treasure-perfect for casual readers and serious collectors alike, a vivid reminder of a long-ago but still pertinent world.