The Virgin in the Garden

The Virgin in the Garden is a 1978 realist novel by English novelist A. S. Byatt. Set during the same year as the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the novel revolves around a play about Elizabeth I of England.[1] The novel has strong use of symbolism, which the New York Times called "overloaded", that points towards Elizabeth I.[1] The novel is the first of a quartet, followed by Still Life (1985), Babel Tower (1996), and A Whistling Woman (2002).[2]

Reception

The New York Times describes the writing of "Byatt is essentially a fine, careful and very traditional storyteller."[1]

gollark: It kind of annoys me when people complain about "processed" foods because they never seem to actually explain what "processing" does which is so bad or what even counts as "processed".
gollark: Also, you apparently didn't hide anyone else's faces. That's probably impressive, though? I mean, I don't have context for such numbers, but they seem big.
gollark: I checked on the internet™, and apparently there are something like 10 combat-sports places in [somewhat nearby city I go to school in]. I'm sort of wondering if there's some local history I've missed. [nearby city] is still something like 25 minutes to travel to from where I am, which is annoying, and there don't seem to be any nearer ones.
gollark: > I'd say exercise is pretty fun if it's combat sportsI should probably try that (those?) when stuff reopens here.
gollark: Exercise is already pretty not fun, but I don't think I'd prefer to be electrocuted at the same time.

References
  1. Dinnage, Rosemary (April 1, 1979). "England in the 50s". New York Times Books.
  2. Yeazell, Ruth Bernard (2002-11-28). "Overindulgence". London Review of Books. pp. 19–21. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

Further reading
  • Dusinberre, Juliet (1982-10-01). "Forms of Reality in A. S. Byatt's The Virgin in the Garden". Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 24 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1080/00111619.1982.9937771. ISSN 0011-1619.
  • Alfer, Alexa; Edwards De Campos, Amy J. (2010). Writing the contemporary: The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life - Manchester Scholarship. A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling. Manchester Scholarship Online. doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719066528.001.0001. ISBN 9780719066528.
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