What's Bred in the Bone (Annotated)

Grant Allen

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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Grant Allen, the life of one of the most versatile writers of English literature


Originally published in 1891, “What’s Bred in the Bone” is a novel by Canadian author Grant Allen and is considered by many the craziest nineteenth-century novel.

The convoluted and colourful plot of "What's Bred in the Bone" is a perfect mix of quirky elements, such as identical twin heroes whose teeth ache simultaneously, a heroine struggling to overcome an irrepressible desire to dance with snakes (or feather boas), murder, illegitimacy and a rather dubious dubious South African diamond hunting spell...

"What's Bred in the Bone" is an extraordinary novel, certainly a testament to Grant Allen's versatility and mastery of the popular market. Allen wrote this novel as a competition entry and it’s not difficult to see why he beat 20,000 other entries to pocket the sizeable £1,000 prize money. “What’s Bred in the Bone” is ridiculous but also ridiculously fun, and well-written enough to be incredibly readable.

Disponibile da: 27/05/2022.

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