First edition
(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Garrick Year is the second novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble, first published in 1964. It 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, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, thus The Garrick Year focuses significantly on a satirical treatment of the theatre and actors.[2]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews deemed the novel better than Drabble's debut novel, A Summer Bird-Cage.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "THE GARRICK YEAR by Margaret Drabble Kirkus reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Stovel, Nora Foster (Spring 1984). "Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's The Garrick Year". Mosaic. 17 (2): 161–174. JSTOR 24778793. INIST 12132716 ProQuest 1300041213.
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