num_pages: 288
description: 'Murphy', Samuel Beckett's first published novel, was written in English and published in London in 1938; Beckett himself subsequently translated the book into French, and it was published in France in 1947. The novel recounts the hilarious but tragic life of Murphy in London as he attempts to establish a home and to amass sufficient fortune for his intended bride to join him.
language: English
title: Murphy
titlecomplete: Murphy
characters: Celia Kelly, Timothy "Bom" Clinch, Vera the waitress, Rosie Dew, Ariadne Cox Neary, "Bum" Clinch, Nelly Dew, Miss Carridge, Mr. Endon, Cooper (Murphy), Needle Wylie, Miss Counihan, Neary, Miss Dwyer, Austin Ticklepenny, Willoughby Kelly, Thomas "Bim" Clinch, Mr. Quigley, Murphy (Murphy), Dr. Angus Killiecrankie
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Irish Literature, Novels, Philosophy, Nobel Prize, Fiction, Ireland
ratings_count: 5739
places: London, England
publisher: Grove Press