The Gentleman and the Gutter Boy


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The cold unfeeling Victor Belmont feels at his wits end as it's now been made clear to him that Julian is a unforeseen problem. Still, the self-made rich banker believes it would be best to simply find a way to remedy to the sensitive problem that is Julian.




The Gentleman and the Gutter Boy#1


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17th Century France Julian suffers the harsh life as a young street urchin in Paris everyday which one afternoon led to him being falsely accused of pickpocketing. This is when he encountered the frosty, mean and conceited banker, Victor Belmont, a highstanding man with all empathy of an executioner. A fiery agrument soon ensues between the two males.` For so long Julian saw fit to evade the city brothel while searching for honest work. But Belmont soon propositions him supposedly out of spite for the lowly homeless boy insulting him. Julian is utterly shocked and confused because for the life of him he can't imagine why a man of prestige like Belmont would ever desire him, even for just a moment and yet he does... Victor juggles his wealth and arrogance over Julian's head as a means of masking his raw fascination and attraction once laying eyes on Julian.




The Gentleman and the Gutter Boy#2


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After a few hours in bed together Julian is shocked out of his mind when Victor Belmont offers him the work he's killing himself searching for everyday on the ruthless streets of Paris. A joke? He couldn't believe his ears but dared not question his good fortune with the man he could've sworn was the meanest and most devilish he had ever met. And Belmont assures the young man that he's dead serious about employing the young fellow within household.




The Gentleman and the Gutter Boy# 3


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Sweet, young Julian has finally gotten what he was desperately searching for on the tough city streets. Now, a servant of the icy Victor Belmont he is given meals, clothes, and shelter under a breathtaking mansion. Though Julian wants to start fresh and enjoy being apart of Belmont's household, one unprecedented encounter between him and Victor turns things upside down making life at his new home and with his new employer anything but ordinary.




Gutter-babies


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The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel


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By tracing the rise of the New Man alongside novelistic changes in the representations of marriage, MacDonald shows how this figure encouraged Victorian writers to reassess masculine behaviour and to re-imagine the marriage plot in light of wider social changes. She finds examples in novels by Dickens, Anne Brontë, George Eliot and George Gissing.




Tales of the Quest


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Ah, the Quest! The sight of chivalric knights setting forth on heroic tasks to win the hand of the fair princess stirs any heart. This fourth installment in the Roesia Chronicles explores the dark and violent beginnings of the Quest up to its pragmatic and often humorous present. Amidst all the game playing, will true love and genuine respect still triumph? Therein lies quite the tale.




With Harp and Crown


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The Gentleman's Magazine


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The Atlantic Monthly


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