Time of Hope
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Time of Hope is the first chronological entry in C. P. Snow
's series of novels Strangers and Brothers
. It involves the beginning of Lewis Elliott's life in poverty in a small English town at the beginning of the 20th Century. Elliott eventually befriends George Passant, who helps him study to become a barrister. Elliott moves to London and falls in love with Sheila Knight.
C. P. Snow
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of the City of Leicester CBE was an English physicist and novelist who also served in several important positions with the UK government...
's series of novels Strangers and Brothers
Strangers and Brothers
Strangers and Brothers is a series of novels by C. P. Snow, published between 1940 and 1974. They deal with – amongst other things – questions of political and personal integrity, and the mechanics of exercising power....
. It involves the beginning of Lewis Elliott's life in poverty in a small English town at the beginning of the 20th Century. Elliott eventually befriends George Passant, who helps him study to become a barrister. Elliott moves to London and falls in love with Sheila Knight.