The story of a disillusionment with respect to a misunderstood marriage, this novel of psychological realism is cast in the form of the recollections—with the full force of hindsight—of John Dowell, a wealthy American who has lost his wife, Florence,… Read More ›
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Analysis of Lawrence Durrell’s Clea
Volume four in the series known collectively as The Alexandria Quartet, this novel is once again related from the first-person point of view of Darley, the English writer who narrated the first and second volumes, Justine and Balthazar, respectively. The… Read More ›
Analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World
Winner of the Whitbread Award in 1986, Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel follows the first-person narrative of Masuji Ono, a Tokyo painter, after World War II. Masuji has retired and spends his time in meditative seclusion, in contrast to the prominence… Read More ›
Analysis of Agatha Christie’s The A. B. C. Murders
One of Christie’s most admired mysteries and a fine example of mystery and detective fiction, The A. B. C. Murders pits Hercule Poirot against someone who kills by the alphabet and who also sends Poirot an ominous letter before each… Read More ›
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