Born in Exile - George Gissing - Books - - 9798694720403 - October 15, 2020
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George Gissing
Born in Exile

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The summer day in 1874 which closed the annual session of Whitelaw College was marked by a special ceremony, preceding the wonted distribution of academic rewards. At eleven in the morning (just as a heavy shower fell from the smoke-canopy above the roaring streets) the municipal authorities, educational dignitaries, and prominent burgesses of Kingsmill assembled on an open space before the College to unveil a statue of Sir Job Whitelaw. The honoured baronet had been six months dead. Living, he opposed the desire of his fellow-citizens to exhibit even on canvas his gnarled features and bald crown; but when his modesty ceased to have a voice in the matter, no time was lost in raising a memorial of the great manufacturer, the self-made millionaire, the borough member in three Parliaments, the enlightened and benevolent founder of an institute which had conferred humane distinction on the money-making Midland town.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 15, 2020
ISBN13 9798694720403
Pages 442
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 23 mm   ·   508 g
Language English  

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