 First edition | |
| Author | Beryl Bainbridge |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Mrs Thrale and her Daughter Hester - 1781 Joshua Reynolds |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | 6 Sep 2001 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 242 |
| ISBN | 0-316858-67-6 |
According to Queeney is a 2001 Booker-longlisted[1] biographical novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge. It concerns the last years of Samuel Johnson and his relationship between Hester Thrale and her daughter 'Queeney'. The bulk of the novel is set between 1765 and his death in 1784, with the exception of the correspondence from H. M. Thrale (Queeney) to Laetitia Hawkins from 1807 onwards, at the end of the chapters.
- ^ According to Queeney at www.themanbookerprize.com Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine