The Divine Fire (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: May Sinclair
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1890’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, Genius, Libraries or librarians, England or English people, Money, Honor, Debtors or creditors, Finance
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Court House. Home of Lucia Harden; an idealized English country estate in Harmouth that contains the valuable Harden Library. After Lucia’s father dies in Italy heavily in debt, she sells the library at an undervalued low price to the father of the gifted young poet Savage Keith Rickman, who then begins an eight-year quest to earn enough money to return the library to its rightful owner and nearly dies from starvation and overwork in the process. At Court House, Rickman discovers both his love for Lucia and, simultaneously, his greatest poetic inspiration....
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