The Garrick Year Explained

The Garrick Year is the second novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble, first published in 1964. It is a first-person account of Emma, a London wife and mother examining the fraught bits of her marriage and an affair.^{[1] [2]}

Development

Drabble wrote the novel while living in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, thus The Garrick Year focuses significantly on a satirical treatment of the theatre and actors.^[2]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews deemed the novel better than Drabble's debut novel, A Summer Bird-Cage.

Notes and References

1. Web site: THE GARRICK YEAR by Margaret Drabble Kirkus reviews. Kirkus Reviews. en-us. 2016-03-14.
2. Stovel . Nora Foster . Staging a Marriage: Margaret Drabble's The Garrick Year . Mosaic . 17 . 2 . Spring 1984 . 161–174 . . 24778793 .