What is the order of the Alexandria Quartet?

The main characters are English, Greek and Egyptian Copt. Only one of the English characters has a named book – Mountolive – though perhaps the main English character is the narrator, Darley (though we do not learn his name till well into the book).

Is Leslie Durrell real?

Leslie Durrell (1918-1983): Louisa’s second oldest child never sought the public spotlight. After the family’s return from Corfu to England, he spent the war working in an RAF factory and had a son with the family’s Corfiot maid Maria Kondos, who came with them back to England.

Did Larry Durrell become a writer?

He began to write poetry seriously at the age of fifteen. His first collection, Quaint Fragments, was published in 1931, when he was 19. Durrell’s father died of a brain haemorrhage in 1928, at the age of 43.

What happened Leslie Durrell?

Leslie Durrell While all three of his siblings published novels or memoirs in their lifetime, Leslie remained out of the spotlight, and lived a private life. According to the Corfu trilogy, he has a passion for sailing, guns and hunting, and after returning to the UK ahead of World War II, he worked in an RAF factory.

When was the Corfu Trilogy written?

The three books are: My Family and Other Animals ( 1956 ); Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (1969); and. The Garden of the Gods (1978).

Who is Pursewarden?

Pursewarden, an arrogant and sarcastic novelist, whom Darley admires but dislikes, mysteriously commits suicide, leaving Darley some money, which he uses to get Melissa medical treatment. Darley goes for two years to teach in a rather dull Roman Catholic missionary college near Luxor in Upper Egypt.