Japhet, in Search of a Father

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The book's title is Japhet, in Search of a Father. The Prefatory Note says that in the Metropolitan Magazine, where this novel originally appeared (Sep. 1834-Jan. 1836), Marryat prepared his readers for its reception in the following words. The words Marryat gave his readers begin, "And having now completed 'Jacob Faithful,' we trust to the satisfaction of our readers, we will make a few remarks."

A narrator says he was thin, between fifteen and sixteen years old, and very tall for his age. The narrator says that before eighteen months had expired he was trusted with the mixing up all the prescriptions. A narrator observes to the agent, smiling, "I appear to have a great likeness to many people."

About the author

Frederick Marryat

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars before becoming a popular novelist. A pioneer of the sea story, he drew on his own service for rousing nautical tales and also wrote the children's classic The Children of the New Forest.