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Lucky Jim. A hilarious satire about college life and high class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature. Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.
Lucky Jim is a 1954 work of comedic fiction by Kingsley Amis. It chronicles various exploits by the eponymous protagonist, James (“Jim”) Dixon, a disillusioned lecturer in medieval history at an unnamed lesser-known university in the English Midlands. When Dixon feels that his position at the university is threatened, he strives to assert ...
Lucky Jim. Kingsley Amis. Penguin UK, May 25, 2000 - Fiction - 272 pages. 'A brilliantly and preposterously funny book' Guardian'A flawless comic novel ... I loved it then, as I do now. It has always made me laugh out loud' Helen Dunmore, The Times Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities.
Aug 15, 2010 · Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis is a classic novel that satirizes the academic life and social class in postwar Britain. In this article, Olivia Laing explains why this hilarious and biting book is ...
Lucky Jim belongs to the genre of fiction known as the picaresque novel—with its episodic lurchings, its opportunistic hero, and its emphasis on satirizing various English character types ...
Discussion of themes and motifs in Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of Lucky Jim so you can excel on your essay or test. Select an area of ...
Oct 2, 2012 · Lucky Jim hits the heights whenever Dixon tries to keep a preposterous situation from spinning out of control, which is every three pages or so. The final example of this--a lecture spewed by a hideously pickled Dixon--is a chapter's worth of comic nirvana.
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