The Brickfield
By L.P. Hartley
1964
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205
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Elderly and infirm novelist Richard Mardick dramatically dictates his memoirs to his young protégé Denys Aspin, so that his life story may be preserved for posterity. Faced with a mysterious and undefined illness, the young Richard was sent to recuperate and work on his uncle’s farm, causing him to give up all hope of an intellectual career. Coddled and stifled by family life, the adolescent Richard finds solace in a childhood love affair. The mysterious secret that Richard seeks to exorcise from his past is hinted at and finally uncovered as his narrative ends in tragedy.
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