The Jervaise Comedy

Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. Beresford was a great admirer of H.G. Wells, and wrote the first critical study of Wells in 1915. His Wellsian novel The Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society.His father was a clergyman in Castor, now in Cambridgeshire near Peterborough. J. D. Beresford was affected by infantile paralysis, which left him partially disabled. He was educated at Oundle.After training to become an architect, he became a professional writer, first as a dramatist, and journalist. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Beresford