Lucky Jim (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Kingsley Amis
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: An English provincial college
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Love or romance, Twentieth century, World War II, College life, England or English people, Wit or humor, Drinking or drunkenness, Lectures or lecturing, Balls, Neuroses
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
James (Jim) Dixon, a first-year lecturer in history at an English provincial college. Jim comes from a lower-middle-class background, which puts him at a disadvantage with the comparatively well-to-do Professor Welch, upon whom he is dependent for renewal of his lecturing contract for another year. Jim has little interest in his subject, medieval history. Instead, he likes attractive women and drinking, interests that are genuine and unpretentious but unlikely to gain him employment.
Margaret Peel, a sour, neurotic senior lecturer at the same...
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