The Creators

Book summary

An English novel, subtitled “A Comedy”. In London in 1902, Jane Holland, a young novelist, suddenly becomes famous. Her friend George Tanqueray, a writer of genius still unknown to the public, warns her that celebrity is the beginning of the end. Jane loves him in secret, but Tanqueray, who shuns society, marries Rose, the young servant who nursed him. Other writers move around them, such as the novelist Nina Lempriere and the poet Owen Prothero. Hugh Brodrick, the owner of a major newspaper, falls in love with Jane. Can one love, marry and still go on writing? A subtle, clear-sighted novel showing that the answer is not the same for a woman as for a man.