The Needle’s Eye (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Drabble
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Simon Camish, Rose Vassiliou, Julie Camish, Christopher Vassiliou, Emily Offenbach
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Politics, Marriage, Friendship, Domestic violence, Emotions, Law or legislation, England or English people, Lawyers, London, Habits
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
Simon Camish and Rose Vassiliou both lead barren lives before they form a friendship. Simon has been reared in genteel poverty and has made a successful career in law through rigid self-control and habitual denial of his emotions; he hates but refuses to respond to the attacks made upon him by his wife, Julie. Rose has survived a sensational life. The daughter of wealthy but uncaring parents, she was sent abroad with considerable publicity to separate her from her immigrant lover, Christopher, but married him on her return, after her twenty-first birthday. She...
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