Jackson's Dilemma
Iris Murdoch
Jackson's Dilemma is a celebrated work by Iris Murdoch (Booker Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Read Time: ~4.2 hr
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
About this book
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past . . .A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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