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Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.
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Joyce Cary (1888-1957) was born in Ireland and studied to be a painter before serving in the British military and civil service in West Africa. In 1920 he returned to England and devoted himself to writing.
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First novel of an acclaimed trilogy by Joyce Cary, first published in 1941. Followed by To Be a Pilgrim (1942) and The Horse's Mouth (1944), Herself Surprised is narrated by its protagonist, Sara Monday. A passionate woman, Sara is emotionally involved with three men: her husband, Matthew, who dies; Tom Wilcher, the archtraditionalist protagonist of To Be a Pilgrim, who is in love with her; and the artist Gulley Jimson (protagonist of The Horse's Mouth). -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
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- PublisherQueens House
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0892440708
- ISBN 13 9780892440702
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages275
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