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Lucky Jim
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Lucky Jim is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954. A satire of post-war academic life in the UK, the story documents the woes of Jim Dixon (based on Kingsley's friend, the poet Philip Larkin), a reluctant first-year lecturer at an unnamed regional English college.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Jim must struggle to keep his job and impress his advisor Professor Welch, all the while navigating his own personal problems. These include: an on-again, off-again relationship with his suicidal colleague Margaret, a series of dull arty events Welch forces upon him, his upcoming keynote lecture on "Merrie Old England", and a romantic rivalry with Welch's pretentious artist son Bertrand. Not to mention the fact that Jim utterly loathes his subject of study, Medieval History.The book has been a subject of several film and TV adaptations, most recently in 2003. Time Magazine included the novel in its “TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005” list. | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness: Of a sort. Jim speculates that Christine's well-adjusted personality stems from her being beautiful, while Margaret's insecurity, manipulativeness, and tendency for drama is a result of her unattractiveness. | |
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Bookends | |
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Bookends: The novel begins with Jim submitting a paper to a newly-announced journal. The novel ends with seeing his paper translated into Italian, in another journal, under the name of the 'editor' he submitted to. | |
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Absent-Minded Professor: Professor Welch. Jim describes him as a talented evader, and he manages to be late to everything. | |
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Artsy Beret | |
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Artsy Beret: Pretentious, self-absorbed artist Bertrand wears a blue beret when out and about. | |
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The Bore | |
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The Bore: The book is filled with these, but Professor Welch takes the cake, as he's prone to long, rambling digressions about subjects of little interest to Jim, mostly on the subject of obscure Medieval art forms. Bertrand also certainly qualifies. There's also Mitchie, a student who takes after Welch. He seems genuinely interested in Medieval History and will drone on about it at length to Jim. | |
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Everybody Smokes / int_14db3813 | |
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Hysterical Woman / int_14db3813 | |
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Race for Your Love / int_14db3813 | |
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