Neighboring Lives

By: Tom Disch, Charles Naylor

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Paperback | 14 August 1991

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368 Pages

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22+

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20.5 x 14.5 x 2

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Carlyle, Swinburne, John Stuart Mill... Rossetti, Whistler, Lewis Carol... these and other "characters" come vividly to life in this extraordinary novel. Set within a few square blocks along the Thames, in Chelsea, Neighboring Lives is a glorious re-creation, based on historical fact, of the private and working lives of many of the nineteenth centurys greatest artists and writers.

Thomas Carlyle, the future "Saga of Chelsea," and his wife, Jane, come to Chelsea in 1834. Leigh Hunt, already a danified failure, lives in squalor nearby. John Stuart Mill appears with his mistress. Chopin arrives dying. Lewis Carroll pursues his Alice. Whistler tries to elude his mother. Neighboring Lives makes us part of their world. Rich, exuberant, superbly written, it is at once a look at daily life and private secrests and a joyful excursion into a world of ideas.

Industry Reviews

Witty, erudite, thoroughly captivating.... Tom Disch and Charles Naylor have given vidid fictional life to a wide rang of mid-century characters.

— Newsweek

This book is a fine tribute to that most creative region of London, and it is an admirable rendering of its most creative time.

— Anthony Burgess — New York Times

Witty and graceful, disclosing the eccentric essence of each colleague and rival (and so of the whole era) in wry details.

— New Yorker

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