Jill
by:
Philip Larkin (author)
An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind.
An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780879519612 (0879519614)
Publish date: August 22nd 1984
Publisher: Overlook TP
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Classical Serialhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6Duration: 58 minutesFirst broadcast: Sunday 31 March 2013 BBC Blurbs: Dramatised for the first time on BBC Radio 4 by Robin Brooks (Ulysses, I Claudius, The Chandler Season). Starring Samuel Barnett as John Kemp. With Jessica Raine , Richard...
While he's much better known as a poet, it seems that Philip Larkin wrote a couple of novels as well. Jill tells the story of a young man, John Kemp, away from home for the first time, going up to Oxford to study English literature.Published a few years after Larkin left Oxford, there appear to be m...