The Swimming Pool Library Sparknotes

The Swimming-Pool Library

Young, gay, William Beckwith spends his time, and his trust fund, idly cruising London for erotic encounters. When he saves the life of an elderly man in a public convenience an unlikely job opportunity presents itself - the man, Lord Nantwich, is seeking a biographer. Will agrees to take a look at Nantwich’s diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of twentieth-century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will’s own privileged existence.

Summary of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Complete analysis and study guide of the book The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. A high-quality summary of Matt Haig's book The Midnight Library including chapter details and analysis of the main themes of the original book. About the original book: The plot of the book introduces us to Nora Seed, a woman who finds herself at a time in her life full of unhappiness, doubts, and regrets. She believes she has failed her environment and herself. If we had another chance... At one point, she appears in a Library, La Biblioteca de la Medianoche, a magical place in a way, where an old friend will offer her the possibility to choose everything she would have liked to do in her life or to put everything aside. that he would not have done, appearing instantly in that dream life. The good thing about accessing any of those lives lies in the fact that, when she is not comfortable, she can come back again and take another book, another decision, another life.

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