The Garrick Year
The Garrick Year is the second novel by British novelist by Margaret Drabble first published in 1964. The novel is a first person account of Emma, a London wife and mother examining the fraught bits of her marriage and an affair.[1][2]
Development[]
Drabble wrote the novel while living in Stratford-upon-Avon, thus focuses significantly on a satirical treatment of the theatre and actors.[3]
Reception[]
Kirkus reviews called the novel better than Drabble's debut novel A Summer Bird-Cage.[1]
Reception[]
- ^ a b "THE GARRICK YEAR by Margaret Drabble Kirkus reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ^ "Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's "The Garrick Year" - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ^ Stovel, Nora Foster (Spring 1984). "Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's The Garrick Year". Mosaic. 17 (2).
Categories:
- Novels by Margaret Drabble
- 1964 British novels
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson books
- Novels about actors
- Novels set in Herefordshire