The Alexandria Quartet (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lawrence Durrell
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Before and during World War II
- Setting: Alexandria, Egypt, and its environs; and an island in the Cyclades
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Upper classes, Sisters, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: Islands, Alexandria, Egypt, Cyclades
Characters Discussed
Justine, 1957
The narrator, identified as L. G. Darley later in the quartet. All the events in this book are filtered through Darley’s understanding. After the central events recounted in the novel, Darley moves to an island (with Justine, the daughter of Melissa Artemis and Nessim Hosnani) and begins the write the narrative of Justine. He uses his own memories, Justine Hosnani’s diary, and another book,Moeurs, written about Justine by Justine’s former husband, the Albanian-French Jacob Arnauti. Darley recounts how he, a...
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