Edmund Gosse
Sir Edmund William Gosse CB was an English poet, author and critic, now primarily remembered for his classic memoir,
Father and Son
(1907), detailing his difficult childhood in a religiously fanatical home.
An important and influential critic in his day, Gosse as a critic, essayist and correspondent is still very much worth reading today.
“The man who satisfies a ceaseless intellectual curiousity probably squeezes more out of life in the long run than anyone else.”
Edmund Gosse
“I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs. Punch and some restraint held over a temper, naturally violent, by Mr. Punch, a great deal of this sad misunderstanding might have been prevented.”
Edmund Gosse