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]

First edition
(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

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
  1. "THE GARRICK YEAR by Margaret Drabble Kirkus reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. "Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's "The Garrick Year" - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. Stovel, Nora Foster (Spring 1984). "Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's The Garrick Year". Mosaic. 17 (2).
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