Cuthbert Bede

author

Cuthbert Bede

1827–1889

Best known for the comic Oxford adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, this Victorian writer mixed clerical life, humor, and illustration in a way that helped his books stand out. Writing under the pen name Cuthbert Bede, he became a memorable voice in light 19th-century English fiction.

2 Audiobooks

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

by Cuthbert Bede

The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman"

The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate Being a Continuation of "The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman"

by Cuthbert Bede

About the author

An English clergyman and novelist, Edward Bradley wrote under the pen name Cuthbert Bede. He was born on March 25, 1827, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and studied at Durham University, where he took the name by which readers came to know him.

He is best remembered for The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, a popular comic novel about the misadventures of an Oxford undergraduate. Bradley also wrote for younger readers and illustrated many of his own works, which gave them an extra personal touch.

Alongside his writing, he served as a Church of England clergyman. He died on December 12, 1889, but his best-known books remain a lively glimpse of Victorian humor and university life.