The Golden Notebook

The Golden Notebook

by

Doris Lessing

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Marie is Jackson’s wife, who lives with him and their children in their cottage on Mr Boothby and Mrs Boothby’s property. She has an affair and child with George Hounslow, which forms the basis for Anna’s plot in her first novel, Frontiers of War. Mrs Boothby sends Marie and Jackson back to Nyasaland at the end of the first section of the black notebook.

Marie Quotes in The Golden Notebook

The The Golden Notebook quotes below are all either spoken by Marie or refer to Marie . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fragmentation, Breakdown, and Unity Theme Icon
).
The Notebooks: 1 Quotes

George said: “No, it’s the responsibility. It’s the gap between what I believe in and what I do.”

Related Characters: George Hounslow (speaker), Anna Wulf, Willi Rodde , Marie
Page Number: 124
Explanation and Analysis:
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Marie Quotes in The Golden Notebook

The The Golden Notebook quotes below are all either spoken by Marie or refer to Marie . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fragmentation, Breakdown, and Unity Theme Icon
).
The Notebooks: 1 Quotes

George said: “No, it’s the responsibility. It’s the gap between what I believe in and what I do.”

Related Characters: George Hounslow (speaker), Anna Wulf, Willi Rodde , Marie
Page Number: 124
Explanation and Analysis: