That Uncertain Feeling (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Kingsley Amis
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Comic narrative
- Time of Work: The mid-1950’s
- Setting: Aberdarcy, a small Welsh city
- Principal Characters: John Aneurin Lewis, Jean Lewis, Vernon Gruffydd-Williams, Elizabeth Gruffydd-Williams, Ieuan Jenkins, Bill Evans, Gareth Probert, Mrs. Edna Davies, Ken Davies, Paul Whetstone
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1950’s, Power, personal or social, Libraries or librarians, Wit or humor, Ethics, Pretensions, Wales or Welsh people
- Locales: Aberdarcy, Wales
Jim Dixon is the hero of LUCKY JIM, Kingsley Amis’ first and more widely praised novel. Lewis is in danger of being trapped by the wrong woman, the wrong town, and the wrong job; since he is not committed to any of them, there are no moral obstacles to his discarding them when vastly superior substitutes appear; his only problem is to convince himself that their superiority is sufficient reason for him not only to prefer them but also to follow up his preferences.
For John Lewis, the hero of THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING, matters are more difficult. Lewis has an...
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