Pip: A Romance of Youth

by Ian Hay

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368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1917

About the author

John Hay Beith was a Scottish schoolmaster, soldier, playwright, and novelist.

He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and St. Johns College, Cambridge. He was a second-lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was sent to France in April 1915 where he was awarded the Military Cross. He was later Director of Public Relations at the War Office (1938 - 1941).

As "Ian Hay", he was also a novelist and playwright.

Reviews

[Olli · Rating 2 out of 5]

An enjoyable enough diversion, but very much a product of its time and class (first published 1907).
It is full of upper class British patriotism of the late 19th/early 20th century for cricket, public schooling for boys, garden parties and the proper roles of men and women.
It's easy to read if that's all you're after, but there's not a surprising page in the whole book.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the early part with Pip and his sister and the telephone, but once he went to school and beyond, way too much cricket and golf trivia.