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The Savage Gentleman

Philip Wylie (1932)

SubgenreDystopian / Post-Apocalyptic
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.48

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

AbandonmentDeceptionInfidelityManipulationMisogyny

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryHumor

Tropes

Fish out of WaterLost ColonySocial SFUtopia Gone Wrong

Themes

Civilization vs NatureGender RelationsIdentityIsolationSocial SatireTrust and BetrayalNature vs Nurture

Synopsis

Betrayed by his wife, Stephen Stone spirits his son, Henry, away to a remote tropical island and trains him to be an ideal physical specimen and a perfect gentleman. After years of isolation, Henry Stone is now a young man, standing a full six feet two inches tall and weighing 190 pounds. His hair is bronze, his eyes turquoise, his skin mahogany--a magnificent man. When Henry finally returns to civilization, he finds that his father's business has grown into a news empire. Though he is the owner of this huge conglomerate, a great conversationalist and excellent company, well versed in etiquette, and extraordinarily nice, Henry has never seen a woman. Indeed his father has taught him never to trust a female and that love itself is a myth. When Henry collides with the contemporary world and the modern woman, the collision is necessarily fascinating and complicated for both Henry and the society he is discovering.

Tags

Social CommentaryLiterary FictionAdventureRomance