The Member And The Radical

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Synopsis

Edited and introduced by P.H. Scott & Ian Gordon.

Galt’s two great political novels date from around the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. The Member has claims to be the first political novel in the English language and is a tour de force of wit, observation, and a devastating critique of political self-seekings. Its hero is a Scot, newly returned from India, who purchases a seat in a rotten borough. As a study of the corruption of the pre-reform parliament it is unsurpassed.

The Radical is a study of narrow-minded, humour-less fanaticism. Galt’s aim is to demonstrate the fragility of the existing order and the closeness of anarchy to the surface of society. This is the first republication of The Radical since its original edition.

Book details

Series:
Canongate Classics (Book 71)
Author:
John Galt
ISBN:
9781847675231
Related ISBNs:
9780862416423
Publisher:
Canongate Books
Pages:
288
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-11-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1996
Copyright by:
Ian A. Gordon, 1 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Literature and Fiction