by Belloc · Cluster: Satirical Novel · Politics and Finance · Edwardian England
Abstract
A satirical novel following Rackham, an old Sussex squire’s house, as the amiable, improvident Henry Maple slides into debt and his methodical solicitor brother William, prodded by an ambitious wife, quietly engineers its transfer through mortgages and interest. Belloc anatomizes the decline of the landed gentleman and the cold arithmetic of modern finance devouring inherited land.
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Forms & Genres: Novel, Satire Themes & Concepts: Money and Avarice, Greed, Family and Lineage, Class Conflict, Tradition, Capitalism, Economics Motifs: Great House, House Mansion, Money and Gold, Decay, Ghosts Historical References: Boer War Settings: Rural England Topoi: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi