The Chymical Wedding (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Lindsay Clarke
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s and the mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Norfolk, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, 1980’s, England or English people, Alchemy, Tarot
- Locales: Norfolk, England
The Plot
British poet Michael Darken is at the end of his tether. His marriage to Jess has fallen apart, he is incapable of writing verse, and he is employed unsatisfactorily as a college lecturer. His sympathetic publisher lends him his weekend cottage, “The Pightle,” in Munding St. Mary’s, Norfolk, for the summer vacation. The village is still curiously feudal, dominated by Easterness Hall, and Ralph, the last of the dynastic Agnew family. Some opposition is provided by Michael’s nearest neighbor, Bob Crossley, a socialist and a stalwart of the Campaign for Nuclear...
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