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Augustus Carp, Esq., Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man

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I'm glad that this book is at last getting the credit it deserves. Written and set at the beginning of the century, it provides a tongue in cheek account of an upper-class gentleman of the time. However, he starts out as a spoilt child and ends up having wildly funny adventures with his father. It's very short and easy to read anywhere by anyone but most especially those in need of a laugh.

A rare and extremely humorous (dry humor) account of a sanctimonious "good man" that will leave the reader chuckling but wary of emulating Mr. Carp.

This is truly a most wondrous book, every page, every paragraph even, being so wonderfully funny I read and laughed through it all. A superb satire, Augustus Carp, the most pompous and self-indulgent boor you could ever have the misfortune to meet, writes of his life thus far, from his birth to where he is now, and describes in detail the trials and tribulations he has faced [none being his fault] as well as those he has assisted, whether they wanted it or not