H.C. Adams (1817–1899)
Auteur de Travellers' Tales: A Book of Marvels
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de H.C. Adams
Who Did It?; or, Holmwood Priory: A Schoolboy's Tale 3 exemplaires
Commerce today Books 1 & 2 1 exemplaire
Tales of Charlton School 1 exemplaire
Wykehamica. A History of Winchester College and Commoners, From the Foundation to the Present Day (2016) 1 exemplaire
Stories Jolly, Stories New, Stories Strange, and Stories True: A Series of New and Original Tales for Boys and Girls… — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The Mystery of Beechey Grange; or, The Missing Host 1 exemplaire
The Boys of Westonbury; or, The Monitorial System 1 exemplaire
Who Was Philip?: A Tale of Public School Life 1 exemplaire
School-Days at Kingscourt: A Tale of 1803 1 exemplaire
The Winborough Boys; or, Ellerslie Park 1 exemplaire
Barford Bridge; or, Schoolboy Trials 1 exemplaire
Schoolboy Honour: A Tale of Halminster College 1 exemplaire
The Judges of Israel; or, Tales for Sunday Reading 1 exemplaire
Frank Lawrence; or, A Young Man's Fancy 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Adams, H.C.
- Nom légal
- Adams, Henry Cadwallader
- Date de naissance
- 1817-11-04
- Date de décès
- 1899-10-17
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Études
- Westminster School
Winchester College
Balliol College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford - Professions
- Clergyman
Children's Book Author - Relations
- Adams, William (brother)
Adams, Charles Warren (half-brother)
Adams, Charlotte (step-mother) - Organisations
- Bromley College (chaplain)
- Courte biographie
- Henry Cadwallader Adams (1817-1899) was a British clergyman, educator and children's author, best known for his many contributions to the boys' school story genre. Born into a notable Warwickshire family, he was educated at Westminster School, Winchester College, Balliol College (1835) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1836), becoming a fellow of Magdalen in 1843. After some time as a school-master at Winchester, in 1855 he became the chaplain of Bromley College, an almshouse for the widows of clergy. In 1852 he married Esther Edmonds, and went on to become the vicar of Dry Sandford and later Old Shoreham (1878-1896).
Adams' first work to be published was The Cherry-Stones (1851), a school story begun by his brother, William Adams, which he completed after his brother's death in 1848. H.C. Adams was also the step-son of children's author Charlotte Adams, and the elder half-brother of novelist Charles Warren Adams. He died in 1899, having produced over thirty novels, mostly for younger people.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 33
- Membres
- 55
- Popularité
- #295,340
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 5
Originally published in 1851, some six years before the far more famous Tom Brown's School Days, this boys' school-story was begun by the Rev. William Adams, who (according to the preface) would relate parts of it to his young relatives at the Christmas holidays. Left unfinished when he died in 1848, the manuscript was taken up by Adams' brother, the Rev. H.C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams, who completed it and prepared it for publication. H.C. Adams would go on to pen many more boys' school-stories, but The Cherry-Stones marks his first entry into the genre. This is an overtly didactic work of Christian fiction, as is so common with children's books in the Victorian period, and the narrator frequently inserts moral commentary into the story, explaining the motivations (and failings) of his main character in some detail. Harry is described, for instance, as being particularly vulnerable on the night of his "grave disobedience," because he fails to say his nightly prayers; and the book closes with a warning that one small step from the right path can lead in a direction that is altogether wrong. Despite the didacticism, there is some genuine appeal to the story, and it is fascinating (and sometimes amusing) to observe Harry's confusion and growing distress, as cherry-stones begin popping up in all kinds of unlikely places. I had my own suspicions as to how and why they were appearing (and it didn't involve anything supernatural!), but my guess that