The Womb
If you ask Francis Marloe, Bradley Pearson's recurring dreams about being in his parent's shop are probably symbolic memories of being in the womb (1.18.32-35). Not only does Francis suggest outrig...
Women as Animals
Yeah, Bradley Pearson demonstrates more than a little misogyny throughout his narrative. One of the ways in which that misogyny comes through most clearly is in the many, many examples of connectio...
Christian Imagery and Allegory
When Bradley Pearson goes to the Baffin home in the early pages of "The Black Prince"and finds Rachel Baffin in a terrible state after having been "accidentally" knocked over the head with a poker,...
Julian Baffin's Balloon
Bradley Pearson tells us fairly early on in "The Black Prince"that he has always seen a special significance in kites. As he puts it: "What an image of our condition, the distant high thing, the se...
The Bronze Water Buffalo
One of the many objets d'art—art objects, that is—that Bradley Pearson has on display in his apartment is a bronze water buffalo with a lady perched on top. Bradley gives the piece to Julian Ba...
The Post Office Tower
Tell us about the Post Office Tower, Bradley:I lived then and had long lived in a ground-floor flat in a small shabby pretty court of terrace houses in North Soho, not far from the Post Office Towe...
Tax Collection
Bradley Pearson was employed as an Inspector of Taxes throughout most of his working life, and although the novel doesn't draw a lot of attention to this point, it's possible to see some allegorica...