Cary, Joyce 1888-1957
Overview
| Works: | 702 works in 3,180 publications in 15 languages and 48,787 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc History Psychological fiction Biographies Novels Personal narratives Action and adventure fiction Paranormal fiction Christian fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Instrumentalist, Creator, Other, Illustrator, Dedicatee, Author of introduction, Conceptor |
| Classifications: | PR6005.A77, 823.912 |
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Most widely held works about
Joyce Cary
- Joyce Cary, a biography by Malcolm Foster( Book )
- Joyce Cary: a preface to his novels by Andrew Wright( Book )
- Joyce Cary by Walter Ernest Allen( Book )
- Joyce Cary; the comedy of freedom by Charles G Hoffmann( Book )
- Joyce Cary by William Van O'Connor( Book )
- Joyce Cary: the developing style by Jack Wolkenfeld( Book )
- Joyce Cary by Kinley E Roby( Book )
- Manichean aesthetics : the politics of literature in colonial Africa by Abdul R JanMohamed( Book )
- Joyce Cary and the novel of Africa by Michael J. C Echeruo( Book )
- Joyce Cary by R. W Noble( Book )
- Joyce Cary's trilogies : pursuit of the particular real by Hazard Adams( Book )
- Joyce Cary, the writer and his theme by Barbara Fisher( Book )
- The dark descent ; social change and moral responsibility in the novels of Joyce Cary by Golden L Larsen( Book )
- The indeterminate world : a study of the novels of Joyce Cary by Robert Bloom( Book )
- Joyce Cary and the dimensions of order by Michael J. C Echeruo( Book )
- Memoir of the Bobotes by Joyce Cary( Book )
- Joyce Cary, liberal principles by Cornelia Cook( Book )
- Joyce Cary : a reappraisal by Dennis Hall( Book )
- Joyce Cary and Lawrence Durrell : a reference guide by Susan Vander Closter( Book )
- The art theme in Joyce Cary's first trilogy by Giles Mitchell( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Joyce Cary
The horse's mouth : a novel by
Joyce Cary(
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298 editions published between 1943 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 3,650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Painter hero, the charming and larcenous Gulley Jimson, has an insatiable genius for creation and a no less remarkable appetite for destruction. Is he a great artist? a has-been? or an exhausted, drunken ne'er-do-well? He is without doubt a visionary, and as he criss-crosses London in search of money and inspiration the world as seen though his eyes appears with a newly outrageous and terrible beauty
298 editions published between 1943 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 3,650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Painter hero, the charming and larcenous Gulley Jimson, has an insatiable genius for creation and a no less remarkable appetite for destruction. Is he a great artist? a has-been? or an exhausted, drunken ne'er-do-well? He is without doubt a visionary, and as he criss-crosses London in search of money and inspiration the world as seen though his eyes appears with a newly outrageous and terrible beauty
Mister Johnson : a novel by
Joyce Cary(
Book
)
251 editions published between 1935 and 2021 in 11 languages and held by 2,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mister Johnson is the story of a young Nigerian who falls foul of the British colonial regime. Although the novel has a comic tone, the story itself is tragic
251 editions published between 1935 and 2021 in 11 languages and held by 2,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mister Johnson is the story of a young Nigerian who falls foul of the British colonial regime. Although the novel has a comic tone, the story itself is tragic
Herself surprised : a novel by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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146 editions published between 1941 and 2016 in 9 languages and held by 1,640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson
146 editions published between 1941 and 2016 in 9 languages and held by 1,640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson
Prisoner of grace, a novel by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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105 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 1,557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First novel of a trilogy, the other two being no. 2, Except the Lord and No. 3, Not honour more ... Told through the voice of the main character, Nina Woodville recounts her life spent in love with her cousin Jim while being married to Chester Nimmo. When Nina finds herself pregnant by Jim, who appears unwilling to marry her, her aunt arranges a marriage with the young politician Nimmo. But Nina continues to see Jim, in fact has another child by him (Chester is never told the truth). Later, when she attains a divorce from Chester, she is unable to break totally with him, and they continue to have relations. When Jim learns this fact it pushes him over the edge, and at the end of the book he's about to shoot her. --Bomojaz at Amazon.com
105 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 1,557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First novel of a trilogy, the other two being no. 2, Except the Lord and No. 3, Not honour more ... Told through the voice of the main character, Nina Woodville recounts her life spent in love with her cousin Jim while being married to Chester Nimmo. When Nina finds herself pregnant by Jim, who appears unwilling to marry her, her aunt arranges a marriage with the young politician Nimmo. But Nina continues to see Jim, in fact has another child by him (Chester is never told the truth). Later, when she attains a divorce from Chester, she is unable to break totally with him, and they continue to have relations. When Jim learns this fact it pushes him over the edge, and at the end of the book he's about to shoot her. --Bomojaz at Amazon.com
To be a pilgrim by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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109 editions published between 1942 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tom Wilcher, a rich Englishman who is treated as a foolish old man by his young relatives, looks back on his life and his unfulfilled spiritual yearnings even as he faces death
109 editions published between 1942 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tom Wilcher, a rich Englishman who is treated as a foolish old man by his young relatives, looks back on his life and his unfulfilled spiritual yearnings even as he faces death
A fearful joy, a novel by
Joyce Cary(
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115 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This ambitious novel, covering the life of an exceptional woman from her Victorian childhood until after the Second World War, is an attempt, in the author's own words, 'to lay bare historical change not just at the surface, but in its roots.' Seduced when young, Tabitha leads a terrible existence until she is taken up by Sturge, a wealthy patron of art, and becomes a famous hostess of the 'Yellow Book' period, loved by artists and writers alike. Her second marriage to Sir James Gollan, an old industrialist, who instead of retiring becomes an important national figure in the First World War, completely changes her life once again. The novel, in fact, is full of change, for every decade emerges in an immediate and living manner as the setting against which the absorbing lives of the heroine and those about her are described
115 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This ambitious novel, covering the life of an exceptional woman from her Victorian childhood until after the Second World War, is an attempt, in the author's own words, 'to lay bare historical change not just at the surface, but in its roots.' Seduced when young, Tabitha leads a terrible existence until she is taken up by Sturge, a wealthy patron of art, and becomes a famous hostess of the 'Yellow Book' period, loved by artists and writers alike. Her second marriage to Sir James Gollan, an old industrialist, who instead of retiring becomes an important national figure in the First World War, completely changes her life once again. The novel, in fact, is full of change, for every decade emerges in an immediate and living manner as the setting against which the absorbing lives of the heroine and those about her are described
The African witch by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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86 editions published between 1935 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
86 editions published between 1935 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An American visitor by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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85 editions published between 1933 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Marie, a well-meaning but naive American anthropologist, believes she has found Heaven in the forests of Nigeria; but her belief is challenged as white prospectors stake claims within the territory of the Birri tribespeople, who become increasingly enraged by the colonists' betrayal
85 editions published between 1933 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Marie, a well-meaning but naive American anthropologist, believes she has found Heaven in the forests of Nigeria; but her belief is challenged as white prospectors stake claims within the territory of the Birri tribespeople, who become increasingly enraged by the colonists' betrayal
Except the Lord : a novel by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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48 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The 2d vol. of the author's trilogy, the 1st of which is Prisoner of grace and the 3d, Not honour more. The earlier book concerned Nina Woodville and her relationship with two men, Chester Nimmo and Jim Latter. Cary was dismayed somewhat that many critics saw Nimmo as "an exceptional blackguard," and wrote Except the Lord as a means of detailing his early life.. Nimmo relates his own life story, concentrating on his childhood and young adulthood, a period of time before he knew Nina. It's a telling story of poverty and want in a farming district in Victorian England. Three events in particular define Nimmo's personality and direction: 1) His father is a country preacher with extremely narrow views of the real world; after he calculates what he believes to be the exact date of Christ's Second Coming and it doesn't happen, Nimmo loses his faith. Although he will recapture it by the end of the book, the anchorlessness he feels molds his outlook on radical political issues of the day. 2) Against his father's wishes, he attends a theatre performance of a melodrama which involves a rape and a murder; he is so profoundly moved by the power exhibited by the actors through their words (which depict not only a class struggle between rich and poor, but a battle between good and evil as well), as are many in the audience, that he immediately realizes the importance of this impact and later applies it to his own political actions. 3) When his 12-year-old sister Georgina quits her job with the grocer G. to work at the public house, likewise against her father's will, because of G.'s sexual advances (never made explicit by Cary, which makes her action even more daring and controversial), Nimmo detects a power shift within the family - another political lesson he never forgets. --Bomojaz at Amazon.com
48 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The 2d vol. of the author's trilogy, the 1st of which is Prisoner of grace and the 3d, Not honour more. The earlier book concerned Nina Woodville and her relationship with two men, Chester Nimmo and Jim Latter. Cary was dismayed somewhat that many critics saw Nimmo as "an exceptional blackguard," and wrote Except the Lord as a means of detailing his early life.. Nimmo relates his own life story, concentrating on his childhood and young adulthood, a period of time before he knew Nina. It's a telling story of poverty and want in a farming district in Victorian England. Three events in particular define Nimmo's personality and direction: 1) His father is a country preacher with extremely narrow views of the real world; after he calculates what he believes to be the exact date of Christ's Second Coming and it doesn't happen, Nimmo loses his faith. Although he will recapture it by the end of the book, the anchorlessness he feels molds his outlook on radical political issues of the day. 2) Against his father's wishes, he attends a theatre performance of a melodrama which involves a rape and a murder; he is so profoundly moved by the power exhibited by the actors through their words (which depict not only a class struggle between rich and poor, but a battle between good and evil as well), as are many in the audience, that he immediately realizes the importance of this impact and later applies it to his own political actions. 3) When his 12-year-old sister Georgina quits her job with the grocer G. to work at the public house, likewise against her father's will, because of G.'s sexual advances (never made explicit by Cary, which makes her action even more daring and controversial), Nimmo detects a power shift within the family - another political lesson he never forgets. --Bomojaz at Amazon.com
Not honour more, a novel by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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54 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The concluding novel in Joyce Cary's "Second Trilogy," Not Honour More (1955) takes up at the point Prisoner of Grace (1952) ends. The setting is Palm Cottage, the remnant property of the Slapton-Latter family and now the scene of an unhappy ménage consisting of Captain Jim Latter (retired), his wife Nina (née Woodville), and her former husband, Chester Nimmo. It is 1926, the year of the General Strike. Nimmo, once a Cabinet Minister, sees the situation as his chance for a political comeback, while Jim, head of the emergency civilian police, feels it his duty to take his stand, however desperate, against "the grabbers and tapeworms... sucking the soul out of England." For Nina, the trapped go-between, their inevitable clashes can lead nowhere but disaster. Not Honour More is Jim's book, "my statement, so help me, as I hope to be hung." -- Publisher
54 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The concluding novel in Joyce Cary's "Second Trilogy," Not Honour More (1955) takes up at the point Prisoner of Grace (1952) ends. The setting is Palm Cottage, the remnant property of the Slapton-Latter family and now the scene of an unhappy ménage consisting of Captain Jim Latter (retired), his wife Nina (née Woodville), and her former husband, Chester Nimmo. It is 1926, the year of the General Strike. Nimmo, once a Cabinet Minister, sees the situation as his chance for a political comeback, while Jim, head of the emergency civilian police, feels it his duty to take his stand, however desperate, against "the grabbers and tapeworms... sucking the soul out of England." For Nina, the trapped go-between, their inevitable clashes can lead nowhere but disaster. Not Honour More is Jim's book, "my statement, so help me, as I hope to be hung." -- Publisher
The captive and the free : a novel by
Joyce Cary(
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66 editions published between 1958 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr Preedy is an evangelist and faith healer of extraordinary gifts--a reformed scoundel and seducer, self-confessed, variously hailed as madman, fraud and humbug, and truly dedicated man of God. By rousing the forces of orthodoxy in a parish in the heart of London, he stirs up a storm that involves the embattled local press and leads to a general dusting off of personal beliefs. Mr Preedy lives imaginatively, by the faith and the power of the word, in a world which compels every indiviual to exercise the privilege of chioce. He is a free man, free to be good or evil
66 editions published between 1958 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr Preedy is an evangelist and faith healer of extraordinary gifts--a reformed scoundel and seducer, self-confessed, variously hailed as madman, fraud and humbug, and truly dedicated man of God. By rousing the forces of orthodoxy in a parish in the heart of London, he stirs up a storm that involves the embattled local press and leads to a general dusting off of personal beliefs. Mr Preedy lives imaginatively, by the faith and the power of the word, in a world which compels every indiviual to exercise the privilege of chioce. He is a free man, free to be good or evil
Charley is my darling by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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77 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tragicomic adventures of a London slum boy who is sent to the country during World War II
77 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The tragicomic adventures of a London slum boy who is sent to the country during World War II
Art and reality : ways of the creative process by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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44 editions published between 1958 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
44 editions published between 1958 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A house of children by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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91 editions published between 1940 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Semi-autobiographical novel of summers spent by children at an aunt's seaside home in Ireland
91 editions published between 1940 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Semi-autobiographical novel of summers spent by children at an aunt's seaside home in Ireland
Castle Corner by
Joyce Cary(
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67 editions published between 1937 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The adventures, at home and abroad, of an Irish Protestant family, from the time of Parnell to the Boer War
67 editions published between 1937 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The adventures, at home and abroad, of an Irish Protestant family, from the time of Parnell to the Boer War
Aissa saved by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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84 editions published between 1932 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of an African girl converted to Christianity but still retaining pagan elements in her faith
84 editions published between 1932 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of an African girl converted to Christianity but still retaining pagan elements in her faith
Spring song, and other stories by
Joyce Cary(
Book
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44 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,087 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
44 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,087 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The moonlight, a novel by
Joyce Cary(
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72 editions published between 1946 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells of the final tragic days in an English country home soon to be sold at auction
72 editions published between 1946 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells of the final tragic days in an English country home soon to be sold at auction
Power in men by
Joyce Cary(
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26 editions published between 1939 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 755 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
26 editions published between 1939 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 755 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The case for African freedom : and other writings on Africa by
Joyce Cary(
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18 editions published between 1962 and 1964 in English and held by 689 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eminent novelist, a former British colonial officer, interprets colonial Africa. Some material previously published in 1940s and 1950s
18 editions published between 1962 and 1964 in English and held by 689 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eminent novelist, a former British colonial officer, interprets colonial Africa. Some material previously published in 1940s and 1950s
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Related Identities
- Wright, Andrew 1923-2009 Author
- Foster, Malcolm Author
- Echeruo, Michael J. C. Author
- Fisher, Barbara Author
- Allen, Walter Ernest 1911-1995 Author of introduction Author
- Bishop, Alan Other Author Editor
- O'Connor, William Van 1915-1966 Author
- Hoffmann, Charles G. Author
- Wolkenfeld, Jack Author
- Roby, Kinley E. Author
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Africa African fiction (English) Artists and patrons Art--Philosophy Art--Psychological aspects Balkan Peninsula Blacks Brothers Cary, Joyce, Children in art Children in literature Colonies in literature Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Democracy Dinesen, Isak, Eccentrics and eccentricities England England--London English fiction English language--Style English literature Evangelists Faith Fiction Great Britain Imperialism in literature Ireland Irish fiction Legal stories Liberty Literary style Literature Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Married women Mistresses Moral conditions Nigeria Novelists, Irish Painters Paranormal fiction Political and social views Political fiction Politicians Politics and government Politics and literature Short stories Statesmen Women household employees Women journalists
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Alternative Names
Cary, Arthur J. 1888-1957
Cary Arthur Joyce
Cary, Arthur Joyce 1888-1957
Cary Arthur Joyce Lunel
Cary, Arthur Joyce Lunel 1888-1957
Cary Joyce
Cary Joyce A.
Joyce Cary écrivain irlandais
Joyce Cary englisch-irischer Schriftsteller
Joyce Cary escriptor irlandès
Joyce Cary escritor irlandês
Joyce Cary idazle irlandarra
Joyce Cary Iirimaa kirjanik
Joyce Cary Irish writer
Joyce Cary irländsk författare
Joyce Cary irsk skribent
Joyce Cary schrijver uit Ierland (1888-1957)
Joyce Cary scriitor irlandez
Joyce Cary scrittore irlandese
Joyce Cary shkrimtar irlandez
Joyce, Thomas
Keri, Džojs
Kėri, Džojs 1888-1957
Kerijs, Dž 1888-1957
Kerijs, Dž. (Džoiss), 1888-1957
Keris Dž.
Keris Džoisas
Keris Džoisas Arturas
Джойс Кери англо-ирландски писател
Кэри, Džойс 1888-1957
Кэри, Артур Джойс Лунел
Кэри Джойс
Кэри, Джойс 1888-1957
Кэри, Джойс ирландский писатель
קארי, ג'ויס, 1888-1957
קאריי, ג'ויס, 1888-1957
קרי, ג'ויס 1888-1957
קריי, ג'ויס, 1888-1957
ジョイス・ケリー
喬伊斯·嘉里
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