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Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, published between 1957 and 1993, is a series of four novels set in Alexandria during the 1930s and 1940s, exploring the intertwined lives of its characters against the backdrop of political and personal tensions. Each book is narrated from a different perspective, offering shifting interpretations of events and relationships. The city of Alexandria itself is a central character, embodying themes of passion, deception, and the complexities of human desire.
The Alexandria Quartet was first published in 1962 in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1957 · Lawrence Durrell
Justine, published in 1957, is the first novel in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. The story is set in Alexandria during the 1930s and 1940s…
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Buy on Amazon1958 · Lawrence Durrell
Balthazar is the second novel in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, published in 1958. It begins with the narrator from Justine living on a Greek…
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Buy on Amazon1958 · Lawrence Durrell
The 1958 novel by Lawrence Durrell presents characters viewed through a political lens as the world moves toward a second world war. The story…
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Buy on Amazon1960 · Lawrence Durrell
Clea is the fourth and culminating novel in the Alexandria Quartet, a 1960 novel by Lawrence Durrell. Past episodes are raked over again with a new…
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Read them in publication order, starting with “Justine”. Start with “Justine.”
How many books are in the The Alexandria Quartet series?
We list 4 books by Lawrence Durrell , published between 1957–1960.
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