Herself Surprised

by Joyce Cary

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787201545
Publisher:	Pickle Partners Publishing
Publication date:	10/21/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
Sales rank:	949,624
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 - 29 March 1957) was an Irish novelist. Born in Derry, Ireland, he was based in England the rest of his life. Seeking adventure, in 1912 Cary left for Montenegro and served as a Red Cross orderly during the Balkan Wars. Cary joined the Nigerian political service the following year, and during the First World War Cary served with a Nigerian regiment fighting in the German colony of Cameroon. Wounded at the battle of Mount Mora in 1916, Cary held several posts in Nigeria including that of magistrate and executive officer in Borgu. His first novel, Aissa Saved, published in 1932, drew on his Nigerian experience, and An American Visitor (1933), The African Witch (1936) and others followed. He died, aged 68, in 1957.