The Conscience of the Rich
Novel by C.P. Snow / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Conscience of the Rich is the seventh published of C. P. Snow's series of novels Strangers and Brothers, but the third according to the internal chronology.[3] It details the lives of Charles, Katherine and their father, Leonard March, a wealthy Jewish family. Lewis Eliot narrates the story of the conflicting politics of wealth and pre-World War II socialism in England.[4]
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Author | Charles Percy Snow |
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Cover artist | Sidney Nolan[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Strangers and Brothers |
Genre | Political fiction |
Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
Publication date | 1958 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
ISBN | 0684105624 [2] |
Preceded by | George Passant (reading order) |
Followed by | The Light and the Dark (reading order) |
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According to Charles Brasch, the family was based on the family of Mary Lucas, who had married out to Donald Lucas from her own wealthy, narrow and orthodox Jewish family. Brasch recognised a few touches which might have been drawn from his own Hallenstein and Michaelis family.[5]