Project Gutenberg 2021-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 218 Bashford, H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir 1880 1961 Bashford, Henry Bashford, Henry Howarth, Sir Blood, Marjorie (Artist) Robin (Artist) 24026745 Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Carp,_Esq. MWS, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man" is a satirical novel written in the early 20th century. The book follows the life of Augustus Carp, who presents himself as an overly righteous man determined to be a paragon of virtue. Through his autobiographical narrative, the work critiques the mundanity and absurdities of middle-class life, particularly the pompous moral attitudes of its characters. The opening portion of the autobiography introduces Augustus Carp as a man who feels compelled to write his life story to counteract the moral decay he perceives in society. He begins by discussing his parents and detailing his father’s respectable yet flawed character, highlighting the significance of family and early upbringing. Carp reflects on the joy of his birth and sets a tone of modesty alongside an inflated sense of self-importance. This section sets the stage for a humorous exploration of his childhood ailments, family dynamics, and his father's strong moral teachings, establishing a foundation for the protagonist's increasingly absurd reflections on virtue and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Humorous stories English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 421360 2025-07-25T12:48:03.733985 text/html 398443 2024-10-18T11:04:11 text/html 2438134 2025-07-25T12:48:10.623955 application/epub+zip 2437656 2025-07-25T12:48:05.333022 application/epub+zip 284248 2025-07-25T12:48:04.486962 application/epub+zip 3495822 2025-07-25T12:48:14.684988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3466363 2025-07-25T12:48:10.033954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360295 2022-09-29T05:50:51.408209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373731 2025-07-25T12:48:02.698972 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 353565 2024-10-18T11:04:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17516 2025-07-25T12:48:14.831917 application/rdf+xml 16446 2025-07-25T12:48:04.687955 image/jpeg 2098 2025-07-25T12:48:04.603957 image/jpeg 2424386 2025-07-25T12:48:03.799975 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia