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   Who is George Plumb in Maurice Gee's Plumb?

   • Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature &- half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self-absorption.

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   Who is George Plumb?

   • This is the second of a trilogy of books about the Plumb family in New Zealand. The family is dominated by George Plumb, who was a Presbyterian minister who became a pacifist and a rationalist. Even after his death, the remaining of his 12 children feel his influence on their lives.

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   Who is Raymond sole & Duggie Plumb?

   • The third novel is about Meg's son, Raymond Sole, a journalist, and his relationship with his cousin Duggie Plumb, a corrupt politician. The trilogy is largely set in Henderson, in West Auckland, where Gee grew up.

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   Who wrote the plumb trilogy?

   • The Plumb trilogy is a series of three novels written by New Zealand author Maurice Gee: Plumb (1978), Meg (1981), and Sole Survivor (1983).

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   How old was Gee when he started writing Plumb?

   • Gee began writing Plumb in 1976, at age 45, after moving from Auckland to Nelson with his wife and family and earning a Literary Fund Scholarship that allowed him to begin writing full-time.

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   How did George Plumb narrate the first novel?

   • The first novel is narrated by the eighty-year-old George Plumb, not in chronological order but by looking back through his own memories, and covering the 1890s to the 1940s.

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   Jan 1, 1978 · Plumb by Maurice Gee tells the story of George Plumb, a clergyman, his wife Edie, and their family. Plumb, who is drawing toward the end of his life, recounts in the book his life and all its successes and failures.

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   The first novel is narrated by the eighty-year-old George Plumb, not in chronological order but by looking back through his own memories, and covering the 1890s to the 1940s.

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   Aug 6, 2024 · [Plumb] is narrated in the first person and tells the story of George Plumb, lawyer, parson and ex-parson who places conscience before career and suffers an unhappy life. Gee discloses that...

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   Jul 3, 1993 · With his prize-winning fifth novel, Plumb, Maurice Gee became one of New Zealand's premier writers. Now his 10th novel, Going West, is attracting fresh critical and popular acclaim, both here and in Britain.

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   Jan 1, 2001 · The family is dominated by George Plumb, who was a Presbyterian minister who became a pacifist and a rationalist. Even after his death, the remaining of his 12 children feel his influence on their lives.

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   Mar 1, 2010 · Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable...

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   Long regarded as one of the finest novels ever written by a New Zealander, Maurice Gee's Plumb introduces us to the intolerant, irascible clergyman George Plumb, one of the most memorable characters in New Zealand literature half saint, half monster, superhuman in his spiritual strength and destructive in his utter self-absorption.