''Strangers and Brothers'' is a
series of novels by
C. P. Snow
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government.''The Columbia Encyclope ...
, published between 1940 and 1970. They deal with – among other things – questions of political and personal
integrity
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, and the mechanics of exercising power.
Plot
All eleven novels in the series are narrated by the character Lewis Eliot. The series follows his life and career from humble beginnings in an English provincial town, to reasonably successful London lawyer, to Cambridge don, to wartime service in Whitehall, to senior civil servant and finally retirement.
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The New Men
''The New Men'' is the sixth novel in C. P. Snow's series '' Strangers and Brothers''.
Plot synopsis
Lewis Eliot, his brother Martin, and Cambridge fellow, Walter Luke become involved with the scientific community and reaction to the developmen ...
'' deals with the scientific community's involvement in (and reaction to) the development and deployment of nuclear weapons during the Second World War. ''
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. It details the lives of Charles, Katherine and their father, Leonard March, a w ...
'' concerns a wealthy, Anglo-Jewish merchant-banking family. ''
Time of Hope
''Time of Hope'' is the first chronological entry in C. P. Snow's series of novels '' Strangers and Brothers'', and the third to be published. It depicts the beginning of Lewis Eliot's life, with a childhood in poverty in a small English town at ...
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George Passant
''George Passant'' is the first published of C. P. Snow
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Servic ...
'' depict the price paid by clever, poor young men to escape their provincial origins.
Snow analyses the professional world, scrutinising microscopic shifts of power within the enclosed settings of a Cambridge college, a Whitehall ministry, a law firm. For example, in the novels set in the Cambridge college (a thinly veiled
Christ's), a small, disparate group of men is typically required to reach a collective decision on an important subject. In ''The Masters'', the dozen or so college members elect a new head (the Master) by majority vote. In ''The Affair'', a small group of dons sets out to correct a possible injustice: they must convince the rest of the college to re-open an investigation into scientific fraud. In both novels, the characters strongly resist letting in the external world, whether it be the press, public opinion, the college "Visitor", or outside experts.
Narrative order
The narrative order of the books differs from their publication order.
Adaptations
The books were adapted by the
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into a 13-episode television series, which began airing in January 1984. The series starred
as his second wife Margaret. Other actors who were cast for the series include
. The series has been released on
in the Region 1 format.
The BBC later adapted the books as a 10-episode Radio 4 Classic Serial, first broadcast in 2003, which starred