The Bachelors | The Bachelors

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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

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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