Lucky Jim is an academic satire written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first published novel, and won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. Set sometime around 1950, Lucky Jim follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant Medieval history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. The novel uses a precise and seemingly plain-spoken narrative voice.

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  • Lucky Jim is an academic satire written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first published novel, and won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. Set sometime around 1950, Lucky Jim follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant Medieval history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. The novel uses a precise and seemingly plain-spoken narrative voice. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
  • Sept Jours de malheur (Lucky Jim) est un film britannique réalisé par John Boulting, sorti en 1957.
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  • Lucky Jim is an academic satire written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first published novel, and won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. Set sometime around 1950, Lucky Jim follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant Medieval history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. The novel uses a precise and seemingly plain-spoken narrative voice.
  • Sept Jours de malheur (Lucky Jim) est un film britannique réalisé par John Boulting, sorti en 1957.
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  • Lucky Jim
  • Sept Jours de malheur
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