The Good Apprentice (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Art or artists, Friendship, Guilt, 1980’s, Adultery, Accidents, Death or dying, Good and evil, Drugs, London, Depression, mental, Ethics, Apprentices
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Edward Baltram, a man who hopes to bring joy and happiness to his beloved friend Mark Wilsden by giving him a hallucinogenic drug hidden in a sandwich. As Mark falls asleep under the influence of the drug, Sarah Plowmain telephones, and Edward goes to her apartment, where they make love. While Edward is away, Mark apparently wakes, then falls to his death from the window of Edward’s room. From his euphoric heights of sensual and mind-altered pleasure, Edward is plunged into a mental, emotional, and spiritual hell, blaming himself for Mark’s death. The...
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