The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede
"The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green" by Cuthbert Bede is a novel first published in three parts during the 1850s. Follow the comic misadventures of Verdant Green, a naïve first-year student navigating life at Oxford University's fictional Brazenface College. Through the author's own pen-and-ink illustrations, witness Green's humorous encounters with university customs, eccentric characters, and eventually a romantic journey to Northumberland. Originally sold at railway stations for entertainment during travel, this satirical
tale became a cult classic of English university life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bede, Cuthbert, 1827-1889 |
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| Title | The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green |
| Note | The .zip file contains 180 images from the book, referenced in the text. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Mr._Verdant_Green |
| Contents | The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman -- The further adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford undergraduate -- Mr. Verdant Green: Married and done for. |
| Credits | Produced by R.W. Jones and Colin Choat |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | University of Oxford -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4644 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 6, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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