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The Measure of the Rule is a novel written by Robert Barr and published in 1908. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young man named John Dene, who is a successful businessman and inventor. Dene is a self-made man who has built his fortune through... Read Full Overview

The Measure of the Rule is a novel written by Robert Barr and published in 1908. The story is set in the early 20th century and follows the life of a young man named John Dene, who is a successful businessman and inventor. Dene is a self-made man who has risen from humble beginnings... Read Full Overview

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The Measure of the Rule is a 1907 coming-of-age novel about a country teacher who migrates to the city to study engineering, but is forced by dint of circumstance to go to a teacher's training college, where he meets his wife-to-be.

Robert Barr has been almost completely overlooked by critics and anthologists of Canadian literature, in part because, although he was educated in Canada, he spent most of his life in the United States and England. However, since most of his serious novels are either set in... Read Full Overview

Robert Barr (16 September 1849 - 21 October 1912 was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland.Barr emigrated with his parents to Upper Canada at age four and was educated in Toronto at Toronto Normal School. Barr became a teacher and eventual... Read Full Overview

The Measure of the Rule is a 1907 coming-of-age novel about a country teacher who migrates to the city to study engineering, but is forced by dint of circumstance to go to a teacher's training college, where he meets his wife-to-be. Written by the one-time Detroit Free Press... Read Full Overview