Fool of Quality

<p>First published in 1906 <em>The Fool of Quality</em>; a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke is the only one of his works which has enjoyed any great reputation. The somewhat shapeless plot is an account of the doings of young Harry Clinton who rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Thus equipped to fight the evils of the world the innocent yet wise hero does his best to better the lot of the unfortunate Hammel Clement and his family and other deserving cases in the intervals between the author's frequent philosophical digressions and commentaries on the action. It is the first of five volumes.</p>