Books with title The Lunatic at Large: A Novel

Traveling German nobleman Baron Rudolf von Blitzenberg finds himself at loose ends. Despite impeccable letters of introduction, he sits at the luxurious Hotel Mayonnaise in England without a guide to this strange land's customs. Enter Francis Beveridge. At least, Beveridge is the name that was sewn into all his clothes. And so the wild ride begins, as the astonishing Beveridge brings rail stations to a standstill, knows how to fake a rabies attack, and crashes London's most exclusive clubs. And in hot pursuit are the clueless attendants charged with watching over Beveridge before he escaped the confines of Clankwood, asylum to the best-bred lunatics in the land. This anarchic novel is a Victorian comic masterpiece, much admired by P. G. Wodehouse, and which presaged his own work.

Traveling German nobleman Baron Rudolf von Blitzenberg finds himself at loose ends. Despite impeccable letters of introduction, he sits at the luxurious Hotel Mayonnaise in England without a guide to this strange land's customs. Enter Francis Beveridge. At least, Beveridge is the name that was sewn into all his clothes. And so the wild ride begins, as the astonishing Beveridge brings rail stations to a standstill, knows how to fake a rabies attack, and crashes London's most exclusive clubs. And in hot pursuit are the clueless attendants charged with watching over Beveridge before he escaped the confines of Clankwood, asylum to the best-bred lunatics in the land. This anarchic novel is a Victorian comic masterpiece, much admired by P. G. Wodehouse, and which presaged his own work..

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J. Storer Clouston achieved great success with the Lunatic series of comic novels, of which this, The Lunatic at Large, is the first. Two of his books, His First Offense and The Spy in Black, were made into major motion pictures by directors Marcel Carne and Michael Powell, respectively. Clouston was born in Cumberland, England; though his family came from Orkney and he spent most of his life there. His books include Vanrad the Viking (1898); The Lunatic at Large (1899); The Duke (1900); The Adventures of M. D'Haricot (1902); Our Lady's Inn (1903); Garmiscath (1904); Count Bunker (1906); A County Family (1908); The Prodigal Father (1909); The Peer's Progress (1910); His First Offence (1912); Records of the Earldom of Orkney 1299-1614 (1914); Two's Two (1916); The Spy in Block (1917); The Man from the Clouds (1918); Sermon (1919); Carrington's Cases (1920); The Lunatic at Large Again (1922); The Lunatic Still at Large (1923); Tales of King Fido (1924); The Lunatic in Charge (1926); Mr. Essington In Love (1927), ed.; The Orkney Parishes (1927); The Jade's Progress (1928); After the Deed (1929); Colonel Dam (1930); Virtuous Tramp (1931); Best Story Ever (1932); A History of Orkney (1932); Button Brains (1933); The Chemical Baby (1934); Real Champagne (1934); Our Member Mr. Mittlebery (1935); Scotland Expects (1936); Scots Wha Hae (1936); Not Since Genesis (1938); The Man in Steel (1939); and Beastmark the Spy (1941).

The Lunatic at Large (First published 1899) By J. Storer Clouston Francis Beveridge, may or may not be insane, but in either case he is bundled off to a countryside asylum named Clankwood but engineers an escape. He jaunts around London with Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg, whom Bunker (who calls him Bonker.” There are carriage chases, bizarre ballroom antics, anarchy and top hats. Beveridge provides the German Baron with useful knowledge, for example revealing the best way to fake a rabies attack, and how to crash London's most exclusive clubs, This is a much-loved Victorian comic masterpiece, which ushered in the age of Wodehouse and Waugh.

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