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Christopher and His Kind

  • 1976 first published
  • 279 pages
  • 16 editions

Christopher Isherwood's Christopher and His Kind (1976) is a gay fiction novel. It takes readers to Great Britain and Berlin in the 20th century. Characters include Christopher Isherwood (1904-), W. H. Auden (1907-1973) and Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986). Key subjects include Biography, english Authors, friends and associates and gay men.

28 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions.

It runs to roughly 279 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Christopher and His Kind

Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical account of his years in Berlin during the rise of Nazism.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Christopher Isherwood (1904-)
  • W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
  • Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986)

Subjects

  • Biography
  • English Authors
  • Friends and associates
  • Gay men
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Authors, english
  • Authors, biography
  • Isherwood, christopher, 1904-1986
  • English Novelists
  • Pedophilia
  • Gay authors
  • Auden, w. h., Wystan hugh, 1907-1973
  • Gay men, biography
  • Great britain, biography
  • Écrivains anglais
  • Biographies

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Christopher and His Kind?

Christopher and His Kind was written by Christopher Isherwood and first published in 1976.

What genre is Christopher and His Kind?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is Christopher and His Kind?

The median edition has 279 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Christopher and His Kind?

Readers who like it often enjoy Mercury and Me, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Journal Du Voleur.

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