Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Naipaul
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Comic realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s or early 1960’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Richard Stone, Margaret Springer Stone, Tony Tomlinson, Grace Tomlinson, Miss Millington, Bill Whymper
- Genres: Long fiction, Postcolonial literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Perception, Libraries or librarians, Cats, England or English people, London, Ethics, Corporations, Retirement, Office employees
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
The action of Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion covers a two-year period shortly before Richard Stone’s retirement from the Excal Corporation, where he has a minor position as librarian. During this period, Stone blooms. A confirmed bachelor and a creature of habit, he takes a wife, the fiftyish widow Margaret Springer, whom he meets at the home of his friends Tony and Grace Tomlinson and who attracts him with her bold, joking manner. Later, Stone has the single original idea of his life. Troubled by the idea of the long, woman-dominated days he foresees in...
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