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Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis [Amis, Kingsley] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lucky Jim about?
SUMMARY: Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim was published in 1954, and is a hilarious satire of British university life. Jim Dixon is bored by his job as a medieval history lecturer. His days are only improved by pulling faces behind the backs of his superiors as he tries desperately to survive provincial bourgeois society, an unbearable 'girlfriend' and petty humiliation at the hands of Professor Welch.Lucky Jim is one of the most famous and influential of all British post-War novels.
Who reads Lucky Jim?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kingsley Amis [Amis, Kingsley]
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141046716
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Lucky Jim (1998)
- Lucky Jim (SparkNotes Literature Guide) (2014)
- Lucky Jim (New York Review Books Classics) (2012)
- Lucky Jim : a novel (1954)
- Lucky Jim (2018)
- لاكي جيم [Arabic] (2010)
- Penguin Essentials Lucky Jim (1954)
- Lucky Jim (New York Review Books Classics) (2023)
- Lucky Jim : a novel (1992)
- Lucky Jim (1976)
- Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin) (1954)
- Modern Classics Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics) (2000)
- Lucky Jim : a novel (1998)
- Lucky Jim (Penguin Decades) (2010)
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