Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to Fathers

by F. Anstey

"Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to Fathers" by F. Anstey is a comic novel published in 1882. In Victorian London, a stuffy businessman dismisses his son's fear of returning to boarding school, wishing he could go instead. Through a magic stone from India, father and son swap bodies and must live each other's lives. The father faces a cane-wielding headmaster while his son runs the family business, leading both toward an unexpected understanding.