The Coward

This third of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream" novels, The Coward, first published in 1912, may have been the most shocking to the upper class sensibilities of Benson's day.

A young man is faced with challenges and manages to fail at every step. He becomes convinced he is an irredeemable coward — and only then begins to find courage. In a damning indictment of close-minded Edwardian society, a supreme act of courage on the young man's part is mistaken for yet one more craven act. The Coward takes on the soul-destroying tendency to adhere unthinkingly to social conventions.


312 pages

ISBN # 9781602100077

$20.00 USD
£14.00 UK

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