Graham Greene





Graham Greene

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born
in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom
October 02, 1904

died
April 03, 1991

gender
male

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Graham Greene was an English novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenplay writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene combined serious literary acclaim with wide popularity.

Although Greene objected strongly to being described as a “Catholic novelist” rather than as a “novelist who happened to be Catholic,” Catholic religious themes are at the root of much of his writing, especially the four major Catholic novels: Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair, and The Power and the Glory. Works such as The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana and The Human Factor also show an avid interest in the workings of international politics and espionag...more


Average rating: 3.89 · 105,918 ratings · 7,426 reviews · 137 distinct works · Similar authors
The Quiet American
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17,007 ratings — published 1955 — 84 editions
The End of the Affair
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 15,803 ratings — published 1951 — 58 editions
The Power and the Glory
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 11,659 ratings — published 1940 — 75 editions
The Heart of the Matter
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 11,225 ratings — published 1948 — 59 editions
Our Man in Havana
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 8,400 ratings — published 1958 — 61 editions
Brighton Rock
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 8,049 ratings — published 1938 — 53 editions
The Third Man
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 4,404 ratings — published 1950 — 65 editions
Travels With My Aunt
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 4,054 ratings — published 1969 — 19 editions
The Human Factor
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,023 ratings — published 1978 — 42 editions
The Comedians
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 2,891 ratings — published 1965 — 36 editions
More books by Graham Greene…
“The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.”
Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel.”
Graham Greene, The Comedians

“It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.”
Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

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