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Beryl Bainbridge Criticism

Beryl Bainbridge (1933–2010) remains a distinctive voice in English literature, celebrated for her darkly humorous, psychologically astute narratives that explore the lives of the lower-middle class. Her stormy upbringing in working-class Liverpool often informed her fiction, which blends elements of the macabre with a metaphysical exploration of life and death. Bainbridge’s early works, such as Harriet Said and The Bottle Factory Outing, capture ordinary lives with shocking twists, a style noted by critics like Nancy Engbretsen Schaumburger for its blend of humor and somber themes.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 131)
    • An Unsentimental Journey
    • Beryl Bainbridge: The New Psychopathia
    • Watson's Apology
    • England, Our England
    • The Death of Tinkerbell
    • With Poison Pen in Hand
    • An Awfully Big Adventure
    • In Scott's Footsteps
    • No Longer Hero or Villain
    • The Birthday Boys
    • Introduction: Background
    • In a Cold Climate
    • Antarctic Antics
    • Sculpture of Courage
    • A Writer's Dreams of Darkest Antarctica
    • Polar Adventure
    • Awfully Small Adventures
    • Before the Deluge
    • It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down
    • It Was Sad
    • Titanic Resurfaces in Yet Another Novel
    • Ship of Fools
    • History As You Have Never Seen It Before
    • Worth Reading Twice
    • Expiration Dates
    • A Unique and Haunting Vision of Wartime Chaos and Death
    • Pictures From an Expedition
    • Yes, There'll Always Be An England, or Two
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 22)
    • A Novelist Worth Knowing
    • The Russian Outing
    • Fancy-Free
    • Losing It All
    • The Duckworth School of Writers
    • Beryl Bainbridge and Her Tenth Novel
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 10)
    • Getting Away with Murder
    • Trite Finish
    • Penalty Areas
    • Gilberto Perez
    • Edith Milton
    • John Mellors
    • Edith Milton
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 5)
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 8)
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 18)
    • Rub and Bump
    • 'Another Part of the Wood'
    • Creepies
    • 'Another Part of the Wood'
    • A Tale in Two Versions
    • Slices of Life and Death
    • The Price of Deceit
    • 'Another Part of the Wood'
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 4)
  • Bainbridge, Beryl (Vol. 14)
    • Beryl Bainbridge's 'Young Adolf'
    • Looking Backwards
    • Diane Johnson
    • The Damned
    • Class and Time
  • Further Reading