INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHY WORKS Dramatic Essays & Criticism Fiction The Alexandria Quartet The Antrobus Stories The Avignon Quintet The Revolt of Aphrodite Non-Series Novels Poetry CRITICAL WORKS LINKS ABOUT THE SITE

List of the Works of Lawrence Durrell The Alexandria Quartet Title Publication Date Justine 1957 Balthazar 1958 Mountolive 1959 Clea 1960 Introduction | Characters | Notes & Glosses | Character Guide | Availability INTRODUCTION A cycle of four novels intertwining various perceptions of a reality created by Durrell and based loosely in an historical place and time, the Alexandria Quartet tells the tale of the writer Darley, and the loves and intrigues of the city into which he has arrived, an alien, an outsider, and, as it might have proven, a perfect foil... As the series progresses, the reader finds that they are drawn further into a twisting and turning of perception, and it gradually becomes evident that the perspective of Darley, as narrator of the first volume, has serious and vital flaws.