A young Edwardian man repeatedly fails challenges and confronts his perceived cowardice, only to have his ultimate act of bravery misunderstood by society.
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A young Edwardian man repeatedly fails challenges and confronts his perceived cowardice, only to have his ultimate act of bravery misunderstood by society.
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This third of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream" novels, The Coward, first published in 1912, may have been the most shocking to the upper class sensibilities of Benson's day. A young man is faced with challenges and manages to fail at every step. He becomes convinced he is an irredeemable coward - and only then begins to find courage. In a damning indictment of close-minded Edwardian society, a supreme act of courage on the young man's part is mistaken for yet one more craven act. The Coward tak...
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