num_pages: 300
description: Herself Surprised , the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.
language: English
title: Herself Surprised
titlecomplete: Herself Surprised
genres: Literature, Classics, Irish Literature, Novels, Canon, Fiction, Humor, Ireland, Art, British Literature
ratings_count: 354
series: The First Trilogy
publisher: NYRB Classics