The Conscience of the Rich
The Conscience of the Rich is the seventh published of C. P. Snow's series of novels Strangers and Brothers, but the third according to the internal chronology.[3] It details the lives of Charles, Katherine and their father, Leonard March, a wealthy Jewish family. Lewis Eliot narrates the story of the conflicting politics of wealth and pre-World War II socialism in England.[4]
 First edition | |
| Author | Charles Percy Snow |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Sidney Nolan[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Strangers and Brothers |
| Genre | Political fiction |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0684105624 [2] |
| Preceded by | George Passant (reading order) |
| Followed by | The Light and the Dark (reading order) |
According to Charles Brasch the family was based on the family of Mary Lucas who had married out to Donald Lucas from her own wealthy, narrow and orthodox Jewish family. Brasch recognised a few touches which might have been drawn from his own Hallenstein and Michaelis family.[5]
Reception
The contemporary book review in Kirkus Reviews summarized the book: "The market for the earlier books should clearly determine the demand for this new novel; it is leisurely, intelligent and incisive."[6]
References
- Nolan's Covers - aComment Retrieved on 2015-12-12.
- "Conscience of the Rich ~ C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow". Fiction db. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "C. P. Snow: The Conscience of the Rich". litencyc. TheLiteraryEncyclopedia. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "Strangers and Brothers: Conscience of the Rich". Books do furnish a room.typepad.com. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- Brasch, Charles (1980). Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947. Wellington: Oxford University Press. pp. n373, 374. ISBN 0-19-558050-8.
- "The Conscience of the Rich". Kirkus Reviews.