Point Counter Point (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1920’s
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Philip Quarles, Elinor, Sidney, Rachel, John Bidlake, Mrs. Bidlake, Little Philip, Denis Burlap, Beatrice Gilray, Spandrell, Everard Webley, Walter Bidlake, Marjorie Carling, Lucy Tantamount, Mark Rampion
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Roman à clef
- Subjects: Middle classes, Marriage, 1920’s, Novelists, England or English people, Adultery, Moral conditions, Satire
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Walter Bidlake had been living with a married woman named Marjorie Carling for a year and a half, and he was growing tired of her. He felt tied to her by a moral obligation but oppressed by her attempts to possess him; she had rejected his proposal that they live together as close friends but leading independent lives. In any case, it was too late for that now, since Marjorie was pregnant. Her whining jealousy toward his latest infatuation, Lucy Tantamount, pricked Walter’s conscience, and he was angry with himself for making Marjorie unhappy by going to a party...
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Aldous Huxley (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Aldous Huxley (Short Fiction)Aldous Huxley (Long Fiction)Aldous Huxley (Dictionary of World Biography)Aldous Huxley (Censorship)
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