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  1. Lawrence Durrell has 209 books on Goodreads with 120644 ratings. Lawrence Durrells most popular book is The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, ...

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  2. The best-known novel in the series is the first, Justine. Beginning in 1974, Durrell published The Avignon Quintet, using many of the same techniques. The first of these novels, Monsieur, or the Prince of Darkness, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1974.

  3. Complete order of Lawrence Durrell books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

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    • The Alexandria Quartet. Depending on who you ask, the Alexandria Quartet is either four short novels or one massive book with a higher page count than War and Peace.
    • The Avignon Quintet. The Avignon Quintet is the product of Durrell's interest in experimental fiction, which developed while he was writing the Alexandria Quartet.
    • Stiff Upper Lip. If there’s one word to describe this collection of stories it’s "hilarious." And we don’t mean a light chuckle here and there—we mean laugh-out-loud funny.
    • Spirit of Place. As a lifelong traveler, Durrell spent years writing about his adventures across the globe. Spirit of Place is a collection of essays and letters about his time in the Mediterranean and Aegean islands.
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    • November 7, 1990
    • February 27, 1912
    • The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
    • Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
    • Balthazar (The Alexandria Quartet, #2)
    • Mountolive (The Alexandria Quartet, #3)
  4. The Alexandria Quartet. Lawrence Durrell. 4.18. 11,949 ratings527 reviews. Lawrence Durrell's series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The lush and sensuous series consists of Justine (1957), Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960).

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  6. 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. The fourth book is set six years later.

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