The Heart of the Matter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Just the Series: Penguin Classics

Annotation: Scobie, a British policeman in West Africa during World War II, finds his life spiraling downward when he compromises his values to protect others.

Genre: [Christian fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #4548350

Format: Paperback

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Penguin

Edition Date: 2004 Release Date: 09/28/04

Pages: xviii, 255 pages

ISBN: 0-14-243799-9

ISBN 13: 978-0-14-243799-5

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2004275122

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Colonial administrators. Fiction.
British. Africa. Fiction.
Married people. Fiction.
Catholics. Fiction.
Adultery. Fiction.
Africa, West. Fiction.

Language: English

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Wilson's High School Catalog

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xviii).

Reading Level: 9.0

Interest Level: 9+

“Wilson sat on the balcony of the Bedford Hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork..."

Graham Greene's masterpiece, The Heart of the Matter, tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a West African coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, Louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity.

When Scobie falls in love with the young widow Helen, he finds vital passion again yielding to pity, integrity giving way to deceit and dishonor—a vortex leading directly to murder. As Scobie's world crumbles, his personal crisis develops the foundation of a story by turns suspenseful, fascinating, and, finally, tragic.

Originally published in 1948, The Heart of the Matter is the unforgettable portrait of one man—flawed yet heroic, destroyed and redeemed by a terrible conflict of passion and faith. This Penguin Deluxe Edition features an introduction by James Wood.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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