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

👸 Gracie Tisbourne

Sebastian Odmore, Gracie's old boyfriend

👦Ralph Odmore

Pitt’s Lodge, the Tisbournes' house in Kensington

Clara Ledgard Tisbourne, Gracie's mother

George 'Pinkie' Tisbourne, Gracie's father

👢Mitzi Ricardo 

📷 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

👱Patrick Tisbourne, Gracie’s younger brother

👳Garth Gibson Grey, Ludwig's best friend

Austin Gibson Grey, 40s, Garth's father

👽Dorina, Austin's estranged wife, a charming schizophrenic

🧙 Matthew Gibson Grey, Austin's successful older brother

Mavis Argyll, Dorina's older sister

🏨Valmorana, hostel run by Mavis

🏊Betty, Austin's first wife, drowned

👧Henrietta 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 📮
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 🗫
N14: My dear George 📮
N15: Austin Gibson Grey
N16: The privet hedge
N17: Hong Kong must
N18: There is nothing
N19: Matthew held in
N20: Dearest Hester 📮
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 📮
N32: ‘Austin’s here,’ said
N33: Norman Monkley looked
N34: Is that Mavis 🗫
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 📮
N42: Matthew and Dorina
N43: Dear Mitzi
N44: Meanwhile Austin had
N45: Dearest Hester 📮
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 📮
N59: Gracie lay back
N60: ‘Pinkie —’, said Clara
N61: He never even
N62: Matthew was doing

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