Graham Greene





Graham Greene

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

died
April 03, 1991

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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: 3.88 · 68,734 ratings · 5,469 reviews · 190 distinct works
The Quiet American
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 11,554 ratings — published 1955 — 71 editions
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The End of the Affair
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 10,381 ratings — published 1951 — 50 editions
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The Power and the Glory
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 8,162 ratings — published 1940 — 58 editions
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The Heart of the Matter
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 6,623 ratings — published 1948 — 46 editions
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Our Man in Havana
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 5,126 ratings — published 1958 — 51 editions
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Brighton Rock
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 5,059 ratings — published 1938 — 42 editions
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The Third Man
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,909 ratings — published 1949 — 54 editions
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Travels With My Aunt
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,675 ratings — published 1969 — 44 editions
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The Comedians
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 1966 — 29 editions
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The Human Factor
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,643 ratings — published 1978 — 31 editions
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More books by Graham Greene…
“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 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

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