The Judge's Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when a man of unimpeachable integrity is drawn into a world of moral compromise and quiet desperation? The Judge's Story by Charles Morgan is a richly rendered novel set in mid-twentieth-century England, chronicling the final chapter in the life of a retired judge whose principled existence is upended by his entanglement with a charismatic but deeply troubled young man. With characteristic elegance, Morgan constructs a narrative of ideas as much as events, presenting a profound meditation on justice, wisdom, and the cost of living by one's convictions. Morgan, one of the most celebrated British novelists of his generation and a long-time drama critic for *The Times*, writes with a rare philosophical gravity that places him in the tradition of writers who treat fiction as a vehicle for moral inquiry. His prose is measured, luminous, and deeply humane, drawing the reader into a world where every conversation carries the weight of a lifetime's reflection. The Judge's Story rewards the patient reader with an experience that lingers long after the final page — a quiet but insistent challenge to examine what we truly stand for when our principles are put to the test.
Author: Charles Morgan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1950, Macmillan & Co. Ltd
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when a man of unimpeachable integrity is drawn into a world of moral compromise and quiet desperation? The Judge's Story by Charles Morgan is a richly rendered novel set in mid-twentieth-century England, chronicling the final chapter in the life of a retired judge whose principled existence is upended by his entanglement with a charismatic but deeply troubled young man. With characteristic elegance, Morgan constructs a narrative of ideas as much as events, presenting a profound meditation on justice, wisdom, and the cost of living by one's convictions. Morgan, one of the most celebrated British novelists of his generation and a long-time drama critic for *The Times*, writes with a rare philosophical gravity that places him in the tradition of writers who treat fiction as a vehicle for moral inquiry. His prose is measured, luminous, and deeply humane, drawing the reader into a world where every conversation carries the weight of a lifetime's reflection. The Judge's Story rewards the patient reader with an experience that lingers long after the final page — a quiet but insistent challenge to examine what we truly stand for when our principles are put to the test.