Better remembered for his light verse, Praed also wrote prose for the magazines of his youth, and Sir George Young collected it here for Morley’s Universal Library in 1887. The pieces range over nicknames, the tyranny of saying yes and no, solitude in a crowd, politeness versus French politesse, a ball at Windsor and the vanities of the hair-dresser.
Sparkling period wit from a gifted writer who died at thirty-six, for readers who enjoy Regency and early-Victorian social comedy. Download the free EPUB.