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Lawrence Durrell

Born

in Jalandhar, India

February 27, 1912

Died

November 07, 1990

Website

http://www.lawrencedurrell.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Travel, Memoir

Influences

Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, ...more

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Lawrence George Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell’s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, Monsieur (1974), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, Constance (1982), was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (1957), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced mu ...more

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Lawrence Durrell’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 43,160 ratings · 3,873 reviews · 211 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating — 11,974 ratings — published 1960 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,323 ratings — published 1957 — 225 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balthazar (The Alexandria Quartet, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 4,040 ratings — published 1961 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mountolive (The Alexandria Quartet, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 3,377 ratings — published 1958 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clea (The Alexandria Quartet, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 3,125 ratings — published 1960 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Lemons of Cyprus 3.81 avg rating — 2,565 ratings — published 1953 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prospero's Cell 3.92 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 1945 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Labyrinth 3.70 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 1947 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Book 3.30 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 1937 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx 4.02 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lawrence Durrell

The Alexandria Quartet (4 books)
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Lawrence Durrell

4.08 avg rating — 31,868 ratings

The Avignon Quintet (5 books)
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Lawrence Durrell

3.78 avg rating — 1,467 ratings

Antrobus stories (3 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 721 ratings

The Revolt of Aphrodite (2 books)
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3.51 avg rating — 366 ratings

Quotes by Lawrence Durrell (?)

“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

tags: silence

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“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

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“I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.”
― Lawrence Durrell

tags: confirmation, reading, reality

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What would you like to read in November?

Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Céline

88 votes, 38.9%

Youth
J.M. Coetzee

80 votes, 35.4%

Justine
Lawrence Durrell

58 votes, 25.7%

226 total votes

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