A Garden of Earthly Delights
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| A Garden of Earthly Delights | |
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vanguard Press |
| Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 440 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | With Shuddering Fall |
| Followed by | Expensive People |
A Garden Of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates is the first book of "The Wonderland Quartet." It follows one Clara Walpole’s ill-fated life and the four men who shaped it. Clara’s father, a bitter migrant farm worker, Lowry, who whisks the teenage Clara away and tempts her with love, Revere, a wealthy married business man who gives Clara stability and Swan, Clara’s son who carries the physiological burden of Clara’s determination to escape her haphazard existence of violence and poverty.
For a recent Modern Library edition of the novel, Oates revised ¾ of the original published version of the novel.
