The three novels in this sequence include Herself Surprised (1941), To Be a Pilgrim (1942), and The Horse’s Mouth (1944); Cary’s heirs collected the three titles into one volume in 1957 and christened it First Trilogy. Joyce Cary had been… Read More ›
Using the unifying device of a weekend party at Crome, the country house of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wimbush, Huxley creates a sharp satire on the futile isolation of the human ego. Huxley’s protagonist, the poet Denis Stone, observes the… Read More ›
The third of 12 volumes in Powell’s roman-fleuve entitled A Dance to the Music of Time, this novel uses a first-person point of view to continue the narrative of Nicholas Jenkins, a writer, as he completes his transition to adulthood… Read More ›
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