The Man Within
1929 novel by Graham Greene / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Man Within (1929) is the first novel by author Graham Greene. It tells the story of Francis Andrews, a reluctant smuggler, who betrays his colleagues, and the aftermath of his betrayal. It is Greene's first published novel. (Two earlier attempts at writing novels were never published, but a book of poetry, Babbling April, was published in 1925, while Greene was a student at Balliol College, Oxford).
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Author | Graham Greene |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | William Heinemann |
Publication date | 1929 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Hardcover (first edition) |
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The title is taken from a sentence in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici: 'There's another man within me that's angry with me.'
Greene, in his preface to the Penguin paperback edition of the book, derides the book as hopelessly romantic.