Herself Surprised, To Be a Pilgrim, The Horse's Mouth
$52.40
- Hardcover
1396 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2026
Summary
The only hardback one-volume edition of Cary’s classic trilogy, in which three remarkably different characters narrate their interlocking stories across half a century in a gloriously inventive and dazzling triptych.
From her prison cell, the irrepressible, magnetic Sara Monday looks back on the past half-century of her life in Herself Surprised. Born into a poor family, her employment while still a young girl as a cook in a middle-class household set her on a colourful and p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841594347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841594342 |
| Author: | Joyce Cary, Christopher Reid |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1396 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 792g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 135mm x 42mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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Critics Review
Acute, balanced, and at times brilliantly pure narrative, with a delicacy of insight that adorns everything he touches. * Times Literary Supplement *
Its excellence lies in the great skill with which a character is drawn in all its variety … and in the unhesitating and illuminating detail of half a century of English life. * The Observer *
About The Author
Joyce Cary
Joyce Cary (1888-1957)
Born in Northern Ireland, Joyce Cary spent his formative years in London. He pursued artistic studies in Edinburgh and Paris before embarking on legal studies at Oxford University. In 1913, he joined the Nigerian political service and served in the Nigeria Regiment during the First World War. He returned to Oxford in 1920. A prolific writer across genres, Cary is celebrated for his novels, particularly Mister Johnson and The Horse’s Mouth.
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