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Margaret Drabble
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Realms of Gold |
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English |
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Paperback |
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368 |
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1982 |
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0553226037 |
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Penguin Books |
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0.95 pounds |
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4.2 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches |
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chris (Japan) (2012/05/03):
Another fine Margaret Drabble novel.
The first third is taken up with the anger, regret, and sadness of the main character, Frances, who is kicking herself for breaking up with Karel, the man she loves.
The middle part concerns the boredom, fear and despair of a young woman, the mother of a difficult, unhappy, teething baby, married to a nasty, narrow-minded bully of a verbally abusive husband.
The last third mainly concerns the trials and tribulations of Karel, married to a crazy woman, still desperately in love with Frances ,deeply depressed because she broke up with him, not knowing that she has sent him a postcard ,re-affirming her love,the postcard delayed because of a nine-month postal strike.(They do get back together, but not until page 344.)
Just when things seem to be looking up, one of the most sympathetic characters, takes himself into the woods with a fatal dose of sleeping pills for himself and his little baby, and commits suicide. Their bodies are discovered ten days later.
Joyce Carol Oates says The Realms of Gold is Margaret Drabble's "richest, most rewarding novel".
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