
Thomas Anstey Guthrie
Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist. Born in London, Guthrie was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge before being called to the bar in 1880. He achieved early success with Vice Versa (1882), a comic novel in which a businessman and his school-age son switch places. More novels followed, earning him a spot on the staff of Punch, England’s leading humor magazine. Several of his works would be adapted for theater and film, including Vice Versa and The Tinted Venus...