Justine (Durrell novel)

Justine
	First UK edition
Author	Lawrence Durrell
Language	English
Series	The Alexandria Quartet
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK); E. P. Dutton (US)
Publication date	1957
Publication place	Great Britain
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	253 (paperback edition)
OCLC	257392229
Followed by	Balthazar

Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's literary tetralogy, The Alexandria Quartet. The tetralogy consists of four interlocking novels, each of which recounts various aspects of a complex story of passion and deception from differing points of view. The quartet is set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the 1930s and 1940s. The city itself is described by Durrell as becoming as much of a complex character as the human protagonists of the novels.^[1]^[2] Since first becoming available to the public and reviewers in 1957, Justine has inspired what has been called "an almost religious devotion among readers and critics alike."^[3] It was adapted into the film of the same name in 1969.

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