Undue Influence (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anita Brookner
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The present
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Claire Pitt, Muriel Collier, Hester Collier, Caroline “Wiggy” Wilson, Martin Gibson, Cynthia Gibson, Sue
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, London, Loneliness, England
- Locales: London, England
Like a number of Anita Brookner’s previous heroines, Claire Pitt is essentially lonely—almost isolated from the world around her. As a single woman living alone since the death of her mother, she has only one close friend, no prospects for marriage, and a job that brings her into contact with very few people. Indeed, her job is as solitary as her personal life, for she has been engaged by the elderly owners of the Ex Libris bookshop to transcribe the nature articles and advice columns that St. John Collier (father of the store’s owners) wrote in the 1950’s. It is congenial work,...
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