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The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960.A critical and commercial success, the first three books present three perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War.
Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's literary tetralogy, The Alexandria Quartet.The tetralogy consists of four interlocking novels, each of which recounts various aspects of a complex story of passion and deception from differing points of view.
Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine.
Balthazar, published in 1958, is the second volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell.Set in Alexandria, Egypt, around World War II, the four novels tell essentially the same story from different points of view and come to a conclusion in Clea.
Lawrence George Durrell CBE (/ ˈ d ʊr əl, ˈ d ʌr-/; [1] 27 February 1912 [2] – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
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Clea, published in 1960, is the fourth volume in The Alexandria Quartet of novels by the British author Lawrence Durrell. Set in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1930s and 1940s, the first three volumes tell the same story from different points of view, and Clea relates subsequent events. Durrell wrote the book in four weeks. [1]