Project Gutenberg 2003-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 74 Allen, Grant 1848 1899 Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie The British Barbarians Produced by Charles Aldarondo Aldarondo, Don Lainson, and David Widger "The British Barbarians" by Grant Allen is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story is set against the backdrop of Victorian England and follows the intriguing figure of Philip Christy, a gentlemanly clerk in Her Majesty's Civil Service, who encounters a mysterious stranger named Bertram Ingledew, described as an "Alien." The book explores themes of societal norms, taboos, and the contrast between decadent urban life and the purer ideals associated with nature and the countryside. At the start of the novel, the introduction explains the concept of a "Hill-top Novel," which seeks to raise a protest in favor of purity amid a literary landscape dominated by stories with "evil tendencies." The opening portion features Philip Christy admiring his suburban town of Brackenhurst when he is intrigued by the sudden appearance of Ingledew. Their conversation reveals Ingledew's unfamiliarity with English customs, particularly regarding money and social conventions, sparking curiosity and a bit of bewilderment in Christy. This interaction sets the stage for an exploration of the interactions between an outsider and the conventions of British society, suggesting a deeper examination of morality, respectability, and the limitations of social norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Time travel -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 267174 267175 2024-10-02T12:09:48.891772 2023-10-02T10:26:16.463021 text/html text/html 271560 2021-01-27T06:40:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 95060 2021-01-27T06:40:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 162168 2024-10-02T12:09:54.590717 application/epub+zip 165834 2024-10-02T12:09:50.908731 application/epub+zip 165834 2024-10-02T12:09:49.682726 application/epub+zip 329110 2024-10-02T12:09:57.455721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310381 2024-10-02T12:09:53.841747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267064 2022-09-02T14:11:57.170726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233682 233629 2024-10-02T12:09:48.340725 2023-10-02T10:26:16.045007 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233637 2018-03-12T10:25:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231128 2009-12-04T11:00:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90436 2009-12-04T11:01:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22194 2024-10-02T12:09:57.591699 application/rdf+xml 14731 2024-10-02T12:09:50.231715 image/jpeg 3972 2024-10-02T12:09:49.950727 image/jpeg 90773 2018-03-17T13:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 158968 2024-10-02T12:09:48.915754 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia