The Bachelors (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Sarah Camberg
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Ronald Bridges, Martin Bowles, Patrick Seton, Alice Dawes, Elsie Forrest, Mrs. Freda Flower, Mrs. Marlene Cooper, Tim Raymond, Ewart Thorton, Walter Prett, Matthew Finch, Dr. Mike Garland, Father T. W. Sockett, The Honorable Francis Eccles, Mr. Ferguson
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Twentieth century, Christianity, Faith, London, Spiritualism, Single people, Fraud, Museums, Epilepsy
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
London was home to many bachelors, including Ronald Bridges, a thirty-seven-year-old epileptic who worked as an assistant curator at a small handwriting museum. One Saturday morning, he met his friend Martin Bowles, a thirty-five-year-old lawyer. After completing some shopping, they stopped at a coffeehouse, where they spotted a thin, anxious-looking man of about fifty-five talking with a young girl. Martin told Ronald not to stare at the couple because next week he would be prosecuting the man, whose name was Patrick Seton. Patrick, a spiritualistic medium, had been...
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