After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Satiric novel of ideas
- Time of Work: The late 1930’s
- Setting: Southern California
- Principal Characters: Jo Stoyte, Jeremy Pordage, Dr. Sigmund Obispo, Virginia Maunciple, Peter Boone, William Propter
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Problem novel
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Power, personal or social, Murder or homicide, Immortality, Social issues, 1930’s, California, West, U.S., Death or dying, Fishes, Longevity, Research
- Locales: California
The Novel
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan opens with the arrival of Jeremy Pordage in Southern California. He has been hired by Jo Stoyte to catalog the Hauberk papers, a collection of miscellaneous materials recently purchased by Stoyte which had accumulated for centuries on an English estate. Although he is less directly involved in the principal events of the novel than most of the other characters, Pordage serves an important function as an observer of the social milieu and of the actions of the other characters, thus helping tie together the sometimes disparate...
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