College Life; Or, The Proctor's Note-Book - Softcover

Joseph Hewlett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371792584 ISBN 13: 9780371792582

Publisher: HardPress, 1842

Synopsis

College Life; Or, The Proctor’s Note-Book by Joseph Hewlett. A satirical 1843 three-volume novel that lampoons Oxford and the wider British university culture. The excerpt covers Chapters XXVII to XXXII, including An Unacademical Proceeding, A Fishing Adventure, The Struggle for Fame, Talents Misapplied, The Soiree Musicale, and A Day’s Coursing at Woodstock. Through the misadventures of undergraduates such as Dick Debrington, Horace Fairtown, and the would-be prodigy Julio Smithson, Hewlett skewers proctors, tutors, and college rituals, blending farce with social commentary. The text juxtaposes cunning disguises, romantic intrigues, misappropriation of talent, and theatrical performances (the Lark to London farce, the Soiree Musicale). It also follows the rise and fall of a morally lax youth, the consequences of overstudy and overindulgence, and the fragile ethics of university life. The work satirizes the mechanisms of fame, the pretensions of scholars, and the foibles of student culture in mid-19th-century England, while offering lively portraits of academic life, honeymooning spouses, and the social networks surrounding the university.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1842
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371792584
• ISBN 13: 9780371792582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 347