Friday, September 18, 2020

N: An Accidental Man (1971)

 62 unnumbered chapters

characters 827,620

words 151,057

1115 copies, 79 editions 

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Burne-Jones saint [N03]



☮️Ludwig Leferrier, American draft dodger

๐Ÿ‘ธ Gracie Tisbourne

Sebastian Odmore, Gracie's old boyfriend

๐Ÿ‘ฆRalph Odmore

Pitt’s Lodge, the Tisbournes' house in Kensington

Clara Ledgard Tisbourne, Gracie's mother

George 'Pinkie' Tisbourne, Gracie's father

๐Ÿ‘ขMitzi Ricardo 

๐Ÿ“ท Owen Secombe-Hughes, Mitzi's boss, a photographer

Karen Arbuthnot

Charlotte Ledgard, sister of Clara

Alison Ledgard, mother of Charlotte and Clara

Villa, Alison's house in Chelsea

๐Ÿ‘ฑPatrick Tisbourne, Gracie’s younger brother

๐Ÿ‘ณGarth Gibson Grey, Ludwig's best friend

Austin Gibson Grey, 40s, Garth's father

๐Ÿ‘ฝDorina, Austin's estranged wife, a charming schizophrenic

๐Ÿง™ Matthew Gibson Grey, Austin's successful older brother

Mavis Argyll, Dorina's older sister

๐ŸจValmorana, hostel run by Mavis

๐ŸŠBetty, Austin's first wife, drowned

๐Ÿ‘งHenrietta Sayce


N01: Gracie Darling Will
N02: Recession. Yes, said
N03: Grace Leferrier. It
N04: Austin Gibson Grey
N05: I haven’t an
N06: My dear Ludwig ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N07: May I see
N08: Suddenly everything was
N09: Dorina shrieked. The
N10: One should do
N11: It must be
N12: Ludwig
N13: Where are those ๐Ÿ—ซ
N14: My dear George ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N15: Austin Gibson Grey
N16: The privet hedge
N17: Hong Kong must
N18: There is nothing
N19: Matthew held in
N20: Dearest Hester ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N21: The waste land
N22: Norman Monkley and
N23: I like flies
N24: Dorina sat surrounded
N25: During luncheon at
N26: Garth sat beside
N27: Mavis lay back
N28: You will read
N29: I went there
N30: A packet of
N31: My dear Oliver ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N32: ‘Austin’s here,’ said
N33: Norman Monkley looked
N34: Is that Mavis ๐Ÿ—ซ
N35: So you are
N36: I’ve brought your
N37: We might go
N38: Matthew, just back
N39: ‘I’m going to
N40: ‘Austin hasn’t been
N41: Dearest Char ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N42: Matthew and Dorina
N43: Dear Mitzi
N44: Meanwhile Austin had
N45: Dearest Hester ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N46: Charlotte opened her
N47: In these days
N48: So you talked
N49: Dorina returned to
N50: Oh do stop
N51: I must look
N52: Her funeral had
N53: Ludwig sat alone
N54: I should think
N55: It must have
N56: What about this
N57: May I fill
N58: My dear Ludwig ๐Ÿ“ฎ
N59: Gracie lay back
N60: ‘Pinkie —’, said Clara
N61: He never even
N62: Matthew was doing

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