A far cry originally meant a distance that was too far to call across easily This means that even if a person were shouting to someone else, it would be hard to hear because they were so far away from each other The idea behind the figurative meaning is that two things that are far away are most likely very different from each other2/06/19Susannah Clapp A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Constable, 1 pp, £995, March 19, 0 09 4690 9 Show More Show More Twenty years ago Muriel Spark described a principle on which 'much of my literary composition is based' This was 'the nevertheless idea' Mrs Spark was writing about Edinburgh, about her exile fromAmong the summaries and analysis available for A Far Cry From Kensington, there are 1 Full Study Guide, 1 Short Summary and 6 Book Reviews Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc), the resources below will generally offer A Far Cry From Kensington chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols
Chapter One Of A Far Cry From Kensington By Muriel Spark With An Introduction By William Boyd The Scotsman
