V: The Good Apprentice (1985)

 IM 66yo

 ?137 unnumbered sections

characters: 1,095,760
words: 200,745

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To Brigid Brophy [wiki] 56yo

Edward Baltram, 20yo

Mark Wilsden (Edward's friend and fellow student) deceased 

Sarah Plowmain, Edward's 19yo neighbor

Dirk Plowmain, Sarah's father, a recent suicide

Chloe Warriston, Edward's mother, died when he was 7yo

Jesse Alywyn Baltram, Edward's estranged father, panter

Seegard, Jesse's house 

Thomas McCaskerville, Scotch psychiatrist

Jennifer Wilsden, Mark's mother

Brenda Wilsden (Brownie)

Henry Cuno (Harry) Edward's stepfather

Stuart Cuno

Teresa Cuno, Stuart's mother

Margaret 'Midge' Warriston McCaskerville, Chloe's little sister, Edward's aunt

May Barnes Baltram (Mother May) Jesse's wife

Ilona Baltram, 18yo

Bettina Baltram, 24yo

PART ONE The Prodigal Son I will arise

Feb
Edward's visit
So it was that
Dear Edward Baltram
? This letter from
'Listen,' said
'Canst thou not
'So you think
After the door
When Ursula had gone
Harry in a black
When Stuart had gone
Stuart, dismissed by Harry
? You murdered
After Stuart had gone
It is a terrible thing
Edward Baltram was crossing
'Do you think we
'So you talked
After Edward went away
'I think you're not
God, why do we

PART TWO Seegard Seegard only
? Seegard My dear
? On the back
? Edward wrote at once
The next morning
Breakfast consisted
'I always do
When Ilona had closed
'Oh, you're back
Edward was awakened
In the past days
'Quick, quick
'Wait, Edward
My hands are growing
When Stuart had left
A little loud wren
Trying to recall
? That is
'Look!'
'I like them
Thinking about Ilona
'Being your slave
Bettina had mended
Edward thought later
Edward was awakened
Edward opned the door
? Jesse, sitting
'How did he know
So I can't leave
Midge McCaskerville was
Thomas had made
'How's the poor
'Have we convinced
? Edward donned
I would like
He had known at once
Edward walked
Stanford My Dear
? Stuart Cuno
'There was an exhibition
Harry Cuno was awakened
Edward was ill
? Dear Mr Cuno
? 'I would have telephoned
'Edward told us
? Merciful darkness
'Excuse me
At that very moment
? Railway Cottage
'The left wheel
? 'So it wasn't
The Atrium was empty
Edward opened his
'Edward, what's the matter
When at last
Lunch felt
'But you didn't see
'He has metamorphosed

PART THREE Life After Death 'I'm not going
Stuart sat down
Midge, now holding
? 'Excuse me
'Excuse me, are you
'Excuse me, I was
Edward, nearly mad
'Look,' said Harry
Notridge House
? With this
'So he thought
Going down the stairs
Why do I torment
'I want you to teach
Edward pushed up
? Why have you
'Why did you
After Ursula
'It can't all
? Harry said
I may mention
? Midge laid
Brownie had not
In her first
Thomas McCaskerville was
'I believe you don't
Edward was standing
By the time he
'You've done nothing
Stuart, going down
Edward was back
She had seen
Edward was sitting
? 'Edward, I'm glad
Seegard in the bright
I am on a golden
? I cannot and
? Midge read
Thomas was in
? It doesn't add
? My dear Edward
? Edward threw
? Dear Edward
? Edward read this
? I have written you
? Edward could scarcely
? My dear Edward
? Edward found that
At about this
? Sitting in
? When Stuart
? Max point
? Edward sat
? Harry was
'Dad, I wish
Edward had dialled
'So we're

U: The Philosopher's Pupil (1983)

 163 unnumbered chapters?

characters 1,220,740
words 218,501

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To Arnaldo Momigliano [wiki]

papillon dog

Donald MacKinnon = Rozanov

Gandhara Buddha

     George McCaffrey---George, 44 years old, was a pupil of John Robert Rozanov, the philosopher. After changing from philosophy to history and archaeology, he had entered the museum and archive world but published nothing except A Short History of the Ennistone Museum. He married Stella; their son, Rufus, died in an unexplained "mishap."
 Stella McCaffrey--- George's wife.
 Brian McCaffrey--- George's brother, age 41.
 Gabriel McCaffrey--- Brian's wife.
 Adam McCaffrey--- Gabriel and Brian's son, age 8.
 Zed--- Adam's small Papillon dog.
 Alex McCaffrey--- George and Brian's mother, age 66.
 Tom McCaffrey--- Alex's stepson, George and Brian's younger stepbrother, age 20.

 🧙 John Robert Rozanov--- the philosopher.
 Hattie Meynell--- John Robert's granddaughter.
 Ruby Doyle--- Alex's long-time maid; a gipsy.
 Diane Sedleigh--- George's mistress and Ruby's sister or cousin (no one knows).

Pearl Scotney--- Hattie's maid and companion, also related to Ruby and Diane

Emmanuel (Emma) Scarlett-Taylor--- Tom's friend.

 

U101: Prelude i An Accident A few minutes
U102: He lifted up his head
U103: George remembered
U104: An ambulance came
U105: 'How are we feeling?
U106: George McCaffrey had been
U107: Stella had started
U201: ii Our Town I am the narrator
U202: As there are quite
U203: The Events in Our Town A bird was singing
U204: Leaning at the mantelpiece
U205: When Adam arrived
U206: Later in the evening
U207: Brian and Gabriel
U208: Alex put the key
U209: 'What a bloody mess
U210: George's face in repose
U211: 'I left my evening
U212: Adam was small
U213: Alex had arrived
U214: In the vast
U215: George, leaving
U216: For George the day
U217: Swimming, George
U218: Alex had also
U219: Ruby, who
U220: 'Wherever did
U221: Stella McCaffrey
U222: Tom pressed
U223: Tom McCaffrey was
U224: Emmanuel Scarlett-Taylor as he
U225: When Alex had returned
U226: Now it was Tuesday
U227: John Robert Rozanov was
U228: George McCaffrey had
U229: Opinions differed
U230: Alex, who had arrived
U231: 'Almighty God
U232: Hattie Meynell was
U233: A distant bell
U234: John Robert Rozanov was floating
U235: Meanwhile outside
U236: 'Who's that girl?
U237: 'Don't drip
U238: 'Is that Tom
U239: It had begun
U240: George, dressed
U241: 'Introduce me
U242: On the Promenade
U243: Vernon Chalmers
U244: 'Do you believe
U245: It was Sunday
U246: 'A chair does
U247: 'Sing to me
U248: You don't know
U249: ? Tom was pleased
U250: Emma was in bed
U251: Tom McCaffrey had laid
U252: George had once
U253: Now in the morning
U254: The loud hum
U255: John Robert was
U256: Hattie and Pearl
U257: 'What fun
U258: 'Let me have
U259: George went downstairs
U260: Zed ran past
U261: 'He's sweet
U262: Brian and Gabriel emerged
U263: After the Brian
U264: Quelconque

[translation]
U265: At about the same
U266: By the time
U267: Meanwhile as
U268: 'What happened
U269: 'My God
U270: Another witness
U271: Soon after
U272: 'Shall we go
U273: When Tom
U274: George McCaffrey entered
U275: Ever since
U276: Clothed again
U277: 'Good morning
U278: John Robert blinked
U279: John Robert meanwhile
U280: The next day there
U281: ? A telephone call
U282: ? Pearl opened
U283: 'But what
U284: 'Are you going
U285: The drinks before
U286: 'Where have you
U287: 'And did those feet
U288: ? The four young
U289: Time passed
U290: After lunch
U291: 'Have they
U292: 'What's that
U293: Alex had
U294: 'I can't pray
U295: It was nearly
U296: Exactly how
U297: 'Whatever's happening
U298: There's someone
U299: Alex turned away
U300: The shutters of
U301: The shutters closed
U302: ? Sitting on a seat
U303: Tom held his head
U304: Did I push
U305: Stationed in different
U306: 'Well, how are
U307: As Emma came out
U308: 'Must we have
U309: It was never known
U310: Not long after
U311: Pearl saw the paper
U312: George, shut up
U313: It was Wednesday
U314: There's a head
U315: George had been
U316: While John Robert
U317: At Eastcote's house
U318: At about the time
U319: Nesta, who was
U320: 'Perhaps he doesn't
U321: 'Here he is
U322: Five minutes later
U323: Tom rang the bell
U324: 'Come on, kid
U325: 'You mean you love
U326: Even before
U327: On Friday Tom
U328: As Tom, in extreme
U329: Tom was so surprised
U330: When Emma came
U331: Two minutes later
U332: What Brian
U333: When they reached
U334: 'Oh Tom
U335: As the door closed
U336: However George
U337: Father Bernard was
U338: The front door bell
U339: After his flight
U340: 'Tom, Tom
U341: When Tom got
U342: Emma turned on
U343: Brian McCaffrey rang
U344: It was Saturday night
U345: 'You can't say
U346: After a while
U347: When the lights
U348: Tom pushed open
U349: Later on, while
U350: George McCaffrey pushed
U351: As George had
U352: When George left
U353: And here some time
U401: What Happened Afterwards The inquest
U402: ? My dear N
U403: ? I read part

T: Nuns and Soldiers (1980)

IM was 61yo, married 24yrs 

inspired by Henry James "Wings of the Dove" [etext] Tim and Daisy = Densher and Kate

nine numbered sections, 105? unnumbered subsections

characters 1,039,435
words 188,647

 To Natasha and Stephen Spender

 

1959

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Munch print T35

 'There is only one nun and no soldiers at all.'

👨Guy Openshaw, 44yo, dying of cancer
💂Piotr Wojciech Szczepanski, 'the Count'
👩 Gertrude, Guy's wife
👰Anne Cavidge, ex-nun
👦Tim Reede, unsuccessful artist
👧Daisy, Tim's girlfriend

Balintoy

Gerald Pavitt

Stanley Openshaw,  Janet

T11: One 'Wittgenstein?'
T12: Through the door
T13: The Count, it should be explained
T14: As a child the Count
T15: When the Count was over thirty
T16: The Count stood at attention
T17: 'Would you like anything?
T18: Manfred put his head
T19: Veronica Mount
T1: The Count would have liked
T1: There is a gulf fixed
T1: The Count  went into the kitchen
T1: While the count was listening
T1: It was the next morning
T1: Anne Cavidge  sat
T1: 'Is that all
T1: By this time, back
T1: 'I wish you had seen
T1: Just outside the partly
T21: Two  Time had passed
T22: It was the day
T23: 'It was the Count
T24: Tim Reede was mooching
T25: 'Bloody baked beans
T26: 'You mean you're short
T27: The bell rang
T31: Three  Tim Reede
T32: About four
T33: It was twilight
T34: Gertrude too
T35: Tim's first feeling

Munch print (not startled??)
T36: UNEXPECTED SNAG
T37: When he awoke, Gertrude
T38: Lying on her bed
T39: 'I wish you had
T3: Tim Reede awoke. He
T3: They spent the morning
T3: Tim Reede awoke. Joy
T3: Gertrude was sitting
T3: 'Gertrude! Oh
T3: About the time
T3: Tim entered
T3: 'So Tim Reede just
T3: What's happened
T3: 'Goodbye
T41: Four  'Well, and how
T42: 'We're the official
T43: Tim and Gertrude
T44: 'It's Mary
T45: 'You didn't
T46: The Count was sitting
T47: The Count did sleep
T48: 'You mean you want
T49: Gertrude had said
T4: 'So yer back
T4: Everything began
T4: Lying naked
T51:Five It was done
T52: 'When you leave
T53: Jesus Christ came
T54: It was at this point
Anne woke up
'How is your
'Well, I think
'Anne-- I have just
The Count had spent
It was evening
Anne rang the bell
'Have you been to
Tim entered humming
'Oh Time
T61: Six  'What a bore
T62: Tim had arrived
T63: 'He took money
T64: 'All the same
T65: 'I don't like
T66: Dear Tim
T67: 'Well, who wrote
T68: Tim and Daisy were
T71: Seven 'The rocks
He felt that he needed
On the fifth morning
Anne Cavidge lay
Gertrude knocked
'How's Anne
How exactly
A letter did come
'Marie
As Tim gazed
Tim might as well
When Tim woke
Tim had taken
Suddenly and
Vigilant Anne
'Come on
'But you're hurt
'You're telling it
T81: Eight  Anne was following
T82: The Count lay sleepless
T83: Tim was standing
T84: The Count came into
T85: 'Anne, my dearyou there

Polish pope [wiki]
T91: Nine  'Why did
T92: 'Have you got
T93: Anne Cavidge was sitting

'Were
? /Oh Anne

S: The Sea, the Sea (1978)

157 unnumbered chapters, six numbered divisions

CHARACTERS
1,073,289

WORDS
198,994

begun 26 Oct 1976 (IM 57yo, married 20yrs)

 

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To Rosemary Cramp [wiki]

Charles Arrowby, 60something famous actor, retired

Shruff End, his newly acquired home

Mrs Chorney

Mr Arkwright

🐉 sea monster 

👧Lizzie Scherer

Sidney

Peregrine

Fritzie

Wilfred

Rosina Vamburgh

Jeanne

Clement Makin

Gilbert Opian

Nell Pickering, 22yo

James Arrowby, Charles' cousin

Abel and Estelle, James' parents

Ramsdens, their home

Mary Hartley Smith Fitch

Victor and Julia Banstead

Sidney and Rosemary Ashe

Will and Adelaide Boase

takes place May/June

S001: PREHISTORY The sea which lies before me
S002: I had written the above
S003: I spoke of a memoir
S004: Of course there is no need to separate
S005: I might now introduce myself
S006: The above observations have been written

🏊
S007: Another day has passed since I wrote
S008: It is after lunch and I shall now describe
S009: I wonder if I shall ever write
S010: I will now describe the house
S011: The sea is noisier
S012: It is night. Two oil lamps
S013: Two days have passed since I wrote
S014: My paternal grandfather was a market gardener
S015: I was utterly horrified
S016: Another day
S017: 'Mr Arkwright, do you ever see
S018: I think it is not going to be too easy
S019: But to return to myself
S020: Something rather odd and distressing
S021: 'But all your letters are in the dog kennel
S022: I have been sitting for some time in the little red room
S023: I wanted a wife once
S024: I am writing this after dinner
S025: 'Do you know what a poltergeist is
S026: Searching for a place to plant
S027: When I was young I could never decide
S028: Rereading these paragraphs I feel again
S029: 'A man would drown there in a second
S030: I am writing this the next morning
S031: I have been out shopping
S032: It is after lunch
S033: I have been out picking flowers
S034: I reread my pieces
S035: Since I started writing this
S036: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
S037: Having written this much what can I say
S038: Some time during this period
S039: I ate three oranges at eleven
S040: I have spent the afternoon tidying
S041: I feel calmer now already
S101: ONE I did not look at the crabs
S102: It is now two
S103: Shortly after this
S201: TWO Now in
S202: I woke up
S203: I already had
S204: Nibletts is
S205: The next day before
S206: I waited in the church
S207: Dearest Lizzie
S208: I emerged
S209: I resisted
S301: History THREE 'Every
S302: As I had been
S303: 'Every persisting
S304: When I had finished writing
S305: 'Feeling better?
S306: 'But my dear Charles
S307: There was no fog
S308: I have written this out
S309: The next day I was like
S310: I shall now transcribe
S311: I wrote this letter quickly
S312: I will now describe what happened next
S313: In the first seconds
S401: History FOUR What follows
S402: A little later
S403: I may have described
S404: Of course he had
S405: I was lying in tall
S406: So far so good
S407: The next morning I woke
S408: There followed some
S409: I awoke suddenly
S410: I woke up
S411: The next morning something did
S412: The rest of that day
S413: Towards six-thirty

Whitsunday = late May or early June
S414: The next morning there was
S415: Later on that day
S416: Dear Mr Fitch
S501: History FIVE  The next day
S502: Before I reached
S503: I went away across
S504: There was lunch
S505: And they went on singing
S506: As I am writing
S507: I was lying on my back
S508: I must here record
S509: 'But how on earth
S510: Lizzie, to whom
S511: My assailant was
S512: I had not had
S513: Hartley, dearest
S514: It was the following day
S515: I cannot bear
S601: History SIX It was a short time
S602: During the last days
S603: That day and the next
S604: And so, waiting
S605: I did not open
S606: The next day was simply
S607: I came up as far
S608: So, I had five weeks
S609: I was of course
S610: That evening the clouds
S611: It was now late
S612: I awoke and it was day
S613: When I reached the house
S614: I woke rather late
S615: I must write this
S616: I read the letter though
S617: I woke up and it was
S701: Postscript Life Goes On That no doubt
S702: Another peevish
S703: I suppose I must
S704: I have just found
S705: I saw Lizzie and Gilbert
S706: Am I settling
S707: Last night at a little
S708: A few letters have arrived
S709: I cannot think
S710: Of course this chattering
S711: Gradually autumn
S712: Yes, I wonder
S713: I did not intend
S714: Thinking further
S715: Since writing the above
S716: I have just heard
S717: There have been
S718: The shock of
S719: Peregrine opened
S720: Uncle Abel dancing
S721: My father was
S722: I have just had
S723: James said that
S724: How long I
S725: When did they
S726: Why did I
S727: If this diary
S728: Of course I do not
S729: When did I begin
S730: A busy week
S731: I must speak
S732: I have had
S733: A completely new view
S734: The people from
S735: A letter from Jeanne
S736: I have talked with Lizzie
S737: Last night I dreamt
S738: I have been to
S739: It is very foggy
S740: Took Miss
S741: Decided to release
S742: Yes of course
S743: My God, that bloody

R: Henry and Cato (1976)

begun 17 aug 1974

1st draft finished 2 feb 1975

completed 15 oct 1975 (703 handwritten pages)

subtitle: A Tale of Two Prodigal Sons

She wants to use for the cover a painting belonging to Morton May, which is in a cupboard in the vaults of the Art Museum at St Louis.

78 unnumbered chapters

characters: 772,056
words: 140,489

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IM was 57, married 20 years

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Max Beckmann

 

 

trundle-tailed dog

Titian [R17]

Departure

Stephanie's brooch

kestrel

👨Henry Marshalson, 32yo, art prof, younger son of a wealthy landowner
🏎Sandy Marshalson, Henry's deceased elder brother
👵Gerda Marshalson, their mother
Laxlinden Hall, Marshalson family home
👳Cato Forbes, early thirties, priest
👧Colette Forbes, younger sister of Cato, dropout, loves Henry
👦Joseph 'Beautiful Joe' Beckett, 17yo outlaw, Cato's love
👴Lucius Lamb, poet living at Laxlinden Hall
🏩Stephanie Whitehouse, Sandy's 34yo mistress
Brendan Craddock, Cato's priest/friend, Joe's lover
👴📣John Forbes, Cato and Colette's father
Pennwood, Cato's father's house
 

R00: Part One RITES OF PASSAGE

R01: Cato Forbes had already crossed

R02: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking up and down in the mist on Hungerford Bridge, Henry Marshalson was awakening
bird-headed
R03: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking to and fro on Hungerford Bridge and Henry Marshalson was awakening from his first sleep on the jumbo jet high above the Atlantic, Gerda Marshalson

R04: An hour later Gerda was still sitting

R05: At about the hour when Cato Forbes was walking to and fro on Hungerford Bridge and Henry Marshalson was awakening from his first sleep on the jumbo jet high above the Atlantic and Gerda Marshalson and Lucius Lamb were in conference

R06: Cato Forbes, hidden underneath a black umbrella, was walking along Ladbroke Grove

R07: Henry Marshalson was standing so still

R08: 'Copper-bottomed?'

R09: 'Lucius, I do wish you wouldn't

R10: Soon thinking about himself

R11: Supposing one lacked the concept of suffering

R12: The chief reason why Hannibal succeeded

R13: The garden was darkening a little

R14: Gerda, standing at the windows

R15: The headlights of the yellow Volvo

R16: It was very dark and muddy in the lane

R17: 'That rich chap—'
Titian
R18: I wonder if Max ever saw that?

R19: Lucius, packing his suitcase, thought

R20: Gerda, looking from the terrace

R21: Henry, who had walked over

R22: Lucius puffed down the stairs with his suitcase

R23: Meanwhile upstairs harlequin Henry

R24: Constant employment was the rule at Pennwood

R25: Safe at home later

R26: John Forbes, going to bed

R27: 'I saw your kestrel again,'

R28: Gerda was standing in the ballroom

R29: Lucius was awake too

R30: 'Did you see any sign of a ring

R31: 'Colette—' 'Oh, Mrs Marshalson—'

R32: 'Oh, I'm so glad. I thought perhaps you wouldn't come

R33: 'I heard from Gerald Dealman,'

R34: Henry was standing on the terrace

R35: My dear Cato, I am sorry you went

R36: Henry was awake in the early morning

R37: 'This is the first time we've ever got drunk together

R38: 'Mother,' said Henry, 'may I introduce my fiancee

R39: Henry skipped along the hall

R40: Cato Forbes, looking around guiltily

R41: Dear Colette, I have got your sweet touching utterly ridiculous and dotty letter

R42: 'Careful,' said Henry, standing back

R43: 'Don't go on about it, Steph

R44: 'Give him his plate, and you go to bed

Part Two THE GREAT TEACHER

R45: 'It's a very little diamond

R46: 'How are you feeling, Father?'

R47: It was dark in the alleyway

R48: Gerda, dressed in her checkered blue and green robe

R49: Henry came through the front door like a whirlwind

R50: The darkness was total

R51: He had been asleep and woke

R52: Dear Henry, They want the rest of the money quick

R53: 'What is it?' said Gerda

R54: Henry was sitting at the big scrubbed kitchen table

R55: Awkwardly, dragging at her hair

R56: 'I've got to sleep,' said Henry

R57: Cato had been jerking the pipe to and fro

R58: The candle was burning on the shelf

R59: Cato had got up and was sitting on the bed

R60: 'By the way, I found those Landseer sketches

R61: 'Hello, Steph, I like your hat.'

R62: About fifteen minutes later Henry, having run

R63: 'I've never known anybody famous,' said Stephanie

R64: Henry rang the bell. A man opened the door.

R65: Twenty minutes later Henry was sitting

R66: 'I've decided to write my autobiography

R67: 'Do you mind if I sit with you, Mother?'

R68: 'Oh stop crying, Colette,' said John Forbes

R69: 'It's all fixed,' said Henry

R70: Henry was sitting on the bed

R71: Gerda, who had heard Henry's rapid descent

R72: Do you consider yourself to be sexually experienced?

R73: 'Your side looks higher, Bellamy

R74: 'Listen to the cuckoo.'

R75: 'Would you like the walnut cake?'

R76: A while later Lucius became conscious

R77: John Forbes was in bed

R78: 'You aren't taking any books?' said Cato.

Q: A Word Child (1975)

38 unnumbered chapters (mostly days of week, over about 6 weeks)

characters: 824,360
words: 151,950

'To Peter Ady' [wiki]

(yes, Peter)

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Iris Murdoch Society · A Word Child Podcast

 

Peter Pan

 

📅 Hilary Burde, 41yo lives in Bayswater rental
👳Christopher Jameson Cather, 23yo, beautiful druggie cleaner

Treason of the Clerks, his old band 

Mick Ladderslow

🕺 Jimbo Davis, Welsh ballet dancer

👧 Alexandra 'Biscuit' Bissett

🍸 Mr Pellow, alcoholic neighbor

👵Laura Impiatt, women's page journalist

👴Freddie Impiatt, Etonian? lisps

Queen's Gate Terrace, Impiatts' house

🎓 Clifford Larr, Freddie's boss

Arthur Fisch, Crysta's swain, Hilary's underling

🤡 Reggie Farbottom, the office comic

👰Thomasina Forbes Uhlmeister (Tommy)

Mr Osmand, Hilary's kind teacher

💂Gunnar Jopling

👸Lady Katharine Mallow Jopling (Lady Kitty)

Kim Spranger

Jenny Searle [real, one of IM’s research students]
 

November

Q01: THURSDAY 👳📅📞💢

treason of the clerks [wiki]

The Sibyl’s leaves = the Cumaean Sibyl, a prophetess in ancient Rome who wrote her warnings on the leaves of oak trees [cite] 

pound floated 1971

Q02: BEFORE describing the events
Q03: FRIDAY
Q04: SATURDAY

November
Q05: MONDAY
Q06: TUESDAY

electrical strike = 1973 [cite]

Q07: WEDNESDAY
Q08: THURSDAY
Q09: I walked very fast
Q10: FRIDAY
Q11: I will now tell
Q12: SATURDAY
Q13: MONDAY
Q14: TUESDAY
Q15: WEDNESDAY
Q16: THURSDAY
Q17: FRIDAY
Q18: SATURDAY
Q19: MONDAY
Q20: TUESDAY
Q21: WEDNESDAY
Q22: THURSDAY
Q23: FRIDAY
Q24: SATURDAY
Q25: SUNDAY
Q26: MONDAY
Q27: TUESDAY
Q28: WEDNESDAY
Q29: THURSDAY
Q30: It was Thursday
Q31: FRIDAY
Q32: SATURDAY
Q33: SUNDAY
Q34: MONDAY
Q35: TUESDAY
Q36: It was later
Q37: CHRISTMAS EVE
Q38: CHRISTMAS DAY
 

P: The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974)

"To Norah Smallwood" 65yo publisher

Rebecca West [wiki] mistook Harriet for a parody of her marriage and affairs (Monty = HG Wells? Emily = Gerd Larsen?)

57 unnumbered chapters

characters: 744,248
words: 135,594

needs editing-- lots of awkward phrasing that needs polishing

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Titian

Giorgione

1969 Jacqueline Susann title

black dogs less popular?

👨Blaise Gavender, psychotherapist
Hood House, handsome
👵 Harriet Derwent Gavender, his wife

Adrian Derwent, her brother

Ajax, her black Alsatian

Ganimede, a black miniature poodle
Babu, a black spaniel
Panda, a black labrador mongrel with white markings
Buffy, an airedale
Lawrence, a Welsh collie
Seagull, a small black and white terrier
😷David Gavender, their 16yo son
👩Emily McHugh, Blaise's 31yo mistress of nine years in Putney
👦Luca, their 8yo son

Constance Pinn, Emily's roommate

Richardson, Emily's peach and grey cat

Little Bilham, her other cat
🔍Montague (Monty) Small, detective novelist

Locketts, his cottage
💃Sophie, his two-month-deceased pretty ex-actress wife

🔫Milo Fane, his character
🤡 Edgar Demarnay, admirer of Sophie

👤Magnus Bowles 

Mrs Raines-Bloxham, elderly neighbor

👧Kiki St Loy, 17yo

Lucky Luciano

Blaise's patients:

Stanley Tumbelholme
Angelica Mendelssohn
Maurice Guimarron
Septimus Leech: O32
Penelope Biggers
Horace Ainsley
Miriam Lister
Jeannie Batwood

 midsummer

P01: The boy was there 

😷👦 #trespass
📚🔍

Excrucior, #dream 💤💭
P02: Harriet Gavender (nee Derwent)

👵👦#dream 💤💭🦇🎨😷

Ubique quo fas et gloria ducunt = where fate and glory lead
P03: Blaise Gavender had enjoyed

👨🤒#dream 💤💭🐉
P04: "'Where is Nastasia

👨📖👵😷
P05: Montague Small was awakened

🔍
P06: "Blaise is away
P07: Emily McHugh now very much
P08: Blaise Gavender was driving
P09: Blaise remembered
P10: Blaise tended to leave
P11: Monty was looking
P12: "How was poor Magnus?
P13: "What did you do
P14: My darling boy
P15: "Why don't you try
P16: Emily McHugh was sitting
P17: His failure to achieve
P18: "Monty, Monty, are you
P19: Pinn, whom Blaise
P20: My darling Harriet
P21: Harriet held the letter
P22: Blaise came back
P23: Harriet had told David
P24: "She's sitting outside
P25: Luca, sitting in the sun
P26: "Isn't it funny
P27: "You should go now
P28: After Blaise had gone
P29: "Would you like him?"
P30: Blaise, having just left
P31: "Who was that fat man
P32: "Harriet had seen her
P33: It was Saturday morning
P34: "Your resemblance to the
P35: Monty had had several
P36: Meanwhile in the Hood
P37: Monty awoke into
P38: "This one's very sweet
P39: The weather had re-established
P40: "Didn't I tell you
P41: Milo Fane, tall, cold
P42: Monty cursed
P43: "Pinn seems very happy
P44: "I'm sorry," said Monty

🔍👵
P45: "I've come to call
P46: "I want to see Harriet
P47: Monty closed and bolted
P48: Harriet stood alone
P49: Unable to take himself
P50: "If you won't fetch
P51: "Where's Kiki?"
P52: "Well, and how was it?"
P53: Blaise turned the key
P54: Harriet was not used to
P55: "What did you think
P56: "Moules?"
P57: Edgar let the Bentley