Raymond

"Raymond" is a coming of age tale set in England. It was a sad day for Henry Raymond, when, at ten years of age, he left, for the first time, his parents' roof for the public grammar-school at Belford-upon-Thames. Being her only surviving child, and, as such, brought up by his mother with great tenderness, he deeply felt the shock of separation from her. A year later, when his mother died, wanting to give him a change of scenery, his father took him for a trip that traversed a great portion of France, Switzerland, and Italy. And that seemed to have opened up the young man, replacing his quiet shyness with a streak of newfound energy. An energy that led him to various forms of mischief…