{"product_id":"bertram-copes-year-9781454962397","title":"Bertram Cope's Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young college professor becomes the source of gossip among a group of eccentric townspeople in this entertaining comedy of manners, a new reissue for Union Square \u0026amp; Co.'s Herald Classics line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Originally published in 1919, \u003ci\u003eBertram Cope's Year\u003c\/i\u003e is a clever character study following a handsome young academic who has taken a teaching position at a Midwestern university. As Bertram navigates his new environment, he quickly becomes the object of intrigue for both women and men in the ivy-covered college town. However, Bertram's only emotional attachment is to his best friend and housemate, Arthur Lemoyne. After a series of comedic mishaps, including an inadvertent marriage proposal, Bertram realizes that being true to himself is more important than playing the role others ascribe to him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Often regarded as one of the first American gay novels that avoids the common \"bury your gays\" ending, \u003ci\u003eBertram Cope's Year\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, comedic portrait of one man's journey to live authentically. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Blake Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e (1857-1929) was an American novelist, dramatist, short story writer, critic, composer, and editor. Best known for his 1893 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cliff-Dwellers\u003c\/i\u003e, Fuller wrote one of the first published plays with queer themes in the United States, \u003ci\u003eAt Saint Judas's\u003c\/i\u003e (1896), and one of the first American gay novels, \u003ci\u003eBertram Cope's Year\u003c\/i\u003e (1919). Though Fuller never openly revealed his own sexual identity, his writing displayed a sympathetic and unapologetic attitude toward homosexuality. He was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2000 and into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985632330002,"sku":"9781454962397","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c26acbc0-efe0-4048-9b68-6b50e2c1511c.jpg?v=1769542214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bertram-copes-year-9781454962397","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}