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Lawrence George Durrell CBE (/ ˈ d ʊr əl, ˈ d ʌr-/; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell .
- Louisa
Louisa Florence Durrell (née Dixie; 16 January 1886 – 24...
- The Avignon Quintet
The Avignon Quintet is a five-volume series of novels by...
- The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British...
- Lawrence Samuel Durrell
Lawrence Samuel Durrell (23 September 1884 – 16 April 1928)...
- Justine
Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence...
- Louisa
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.
- Lawrence Durrell
- 1961
Lawrence Durrell (born Feb. 27, 1912, Jullundur, India—died Nov. 7, 1990, Sommières, France) was an English novelist, poet, and writer of topographical books, verse plays, and farcical short stories who is best known as the author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of four interconnected novels.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the true story of the Durrells, who moved to Corfu in 1935 and inspired the ITV drama series. Find out about their adventures, careers, relationships and fates in this article.
- Eleanor Bley Griffiths
Lawrence Samuel Durrell (23 September 1884 – 16 April 1928) was a British engineer, best remembered as the father of novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
Lawrence George Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan.
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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. The quartet is set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the ...
