Justine

by Lawrence Durrell
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury

Read by Nigel Anthony

Produced by Nicolas Soames

Justine is the first volume in The Alexandria Quartet, four interlinked novels set in the sensuous, hot environment of Alexandria just before the Second World War. Within this polyglot setting of richly idiosyncratic characters is Justine, wild and intense, wife to the wealthy business man Nessim, a mari complaisant. Her emotional and sexual wildness fuels a highly-charged atmosphere which, caught famously by Durrell’s poetic language, made Justine (1957), and the three novels that complete the Quartet – Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960) both a critical and a popular success.

Music: Ravel, Debussy, Macdowell

3 CDs
Running Time: 3:57:28
ISBN: 9-62634-040-1
Catalogue no: NA304012
US SRP: $22.98 / CANADA SRP: Can$29.95

Also available as part of the complete box set of The Alexandria Quartet