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| Author | Lawrence Durrell |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Avignon Quintet |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber (UK) |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | Great Britain |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 393 p. (Faber edition) |
| ISBN | 0-571-11757-0 (hardback edition) |
| OCLC | 9854630 |
| 823/.912 19 | |
| LC Class | PR6007.U76 C6 1982b |
| Preceded by | Livia |
| Followed by | Sebastian |
Constance, or Solitary Practices is the central volume of the five novels of Lawrence Durrell's The Avignon Quintet, published from 1974 to 1985. It was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1982. Involving some of the characters from the preceding Livia, the novel also introduces new ones. It is set before and during World War II, in France, Egypt, Poland and Switzerland.