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The Hypocrite

The Hypocrite

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The Hypocrite by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Press Opinions of the Hypocrite:

MORNING POST:--”It is entitled to be regarded as one of the clever books of the day.”

MORNING LEADER:--”A brilliant book.... Evidently the work of a young, powerful, and subtle brain.”

WORLD:--”The anonymous author is evidently young and clever. He paints with a firm, bold hand. The characters are life-like, and in many cases drawn from the life. The book will be found interesting and entertaining.”

LONDON MORNING:--”A remarkable book.... Clever the book undoubtedly is. Its brutally frank analysis of the temperament of a man with brain and mind hopelessly diseased lifts the author out of the common rut of novelists, and stamps him as a writer of power.”

LLOYD’S:--”The book sparkles with epigrammatic sayings and satirical allusions. The characters are all vividly drawn, some of them being undoubted and recognisable caricatures. The writing is that of a clever pessimist, with a vein of sardonic humour that keeps the reader amused. The author may wear a green carnation, but whether he does or not, it is the work of a skilful pen.”

1898
First Edition November, 1898
Reprinted December, 1898

CONTENTS
A Few Early Press Opinions of the Hypocrite
Chapter 1. Yardly Gobion Opens His Letters.
Chapter 2. Scott Is Lonely.
Chapter 3. Initiation.
Chapter 4. The Campaign.
Chapter 5. A Psychological Moment.
Chapter 6. The Coup.
Chapter 7. The Consolations of Mrs. Ebbage; With Some Account of the Rev. Peter Belper.
Chapter 8. The Final Pose.
Chapter 9. Twenty Years After. An Epilogue in Two Pictures.
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