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Prisoner of grace

Joyce Cary · 1940

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First novel of a trilogy, the other two being no. 2, Except the Lord and No. 3, Not honour more... Told through the voice of the main character, Nina Woodville recounts her life spent in love with her cousin Jim while being married to Chester Nimmo. When Nina finds herself pregnant by Jim, who appears unwilling to marry her, her aunt arranges a marriage with the young politician Nimmo. But Nina continues to see Jim, in fact has another child by him (Chester is never told the truth). Later, when she attains a divorce from Chester, she is unable to break totally with him, and they continue to have relations. When Jim learns this fact it pushes him over the edge, and at the end of the book he's about to shoot her. --Bomojaz at Amazon.com.

Book details

Year
1940
Language
English
Publisher
House of Stratus
Editions
6
Pages
438
ISBN
9781842320396

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