Bertram Cope's Year (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Gay ClassicBy Henry Blake Fuller
Length9h 7m
About this audiobook
Henry Blake Fuller's Bertram Cope's Year is a finely controlled campus novel and social comedy centered on a young English instructor whose arrival at a Midwestern university unsettles a circle of faculty wives, students, and patrons. Written in a cool realist manner, the book favors implication over declaration, registering desire, vanity, dependency, and social performance through irony and meticulous dialogue. Its literary context is especially significant: published in 1919, it is often read as one of the earliest American novels to treat same-sex attachment with sustained seriousness, though through the codes and silences of its era. Fuller, born in Chicago in 1857, was a major figure in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Midwestern realism. His earlier novels, including The Cliff-Dwellers and With the Procession, anatomized urban ambition and bourgeois manners. A lifelong bachelor and acute observer of constrained social identities, Fuller brought to Bertram Cope's Year a rare sensitivity to the evasions required by polite society. This novel is recommended to readers interested in queer literary history, academic satire, and American realism. Its quiet surfaces conceal a daring exploration of intimacy and self-fashioning.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length9 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 14, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2217. Cope Among Cross-currents
2Introduction
2318. Cope at the Call of Duty
3Synopsis
2419. Cope Finds Himself Committed
4Historical Context
2520. Cope has a Distressful Christmas
5Bertram Cope's Year
2621. Cope, Safeguarded, Calls Again
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61. Cope at a College Tea
2722. Cope Shall be Rescued
72. Cope Makes a Sunday Afternoon Call
2823. Cope Regains His Freedom
83. Cope is "Entertained"
2924. Cope in Danger Anew
94. Cope is Considered
3025. Cope in Double Danger
105. Cope is Considered Further
3126. Cope as a Go-between
116. Cope Dines—And Tells About It
3227. Cope Escapes a Snare
127. Cope Under Scrutiny
3328. Cope Absent from a Wedding
138. Cope Undertakes an Excursion
3429. Cope Again in the Country
149. Cope on the Edge of Things
3530. Cope as a Hero
1510. Cope at His House Party
3631. Cope Gets New Light on His Chum
1611. Cope Enlivens the Country
3732. Cope Takes His Degree
1712. Cope Amidst Cross-purposes
3833. Cope in a Final View
1813. Cope Dines Again—And Stays After
39Analysis
1914. Cope Makes an Evasion
40Reflection
2015. Cope Entertains Several Ladies
41Memorable Quotes
2116. Cope Goes a-Sailing
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