A Kind of Loving is a novel by the English novelist Stan Barstow. First published in 1960, it has long been used as a set text in British schools. It has also been translated at various times into a film of the same name, a television series, a radio play and a stage play. A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... Stan Barstow (born June 28, 1928, Ossett, Yorkshire) is an English novelist. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A Kind of Loving was a 1962 British film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the 1960 novel by Stan Barstow. ...
A Kind of Loving was the first of a trilogy, published over the course of sixteen years, that followed hero Vic Brown through marriage, divorce and a move from the mining town of Cressley to London. The other two parts are The Watchers on the Shore and The Right True End. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The 1982Granada Television series (starring Clive Wood as Vic) although entitled A Kind of Loving, covered all three novels in the trilogy. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Clive Wood is a British actor. ...
The story of A KIND OF LOVING is set against the stark, wintry background of England's industrial North; a number of Lancashire towns were used for filming.
But the revolution proved all too short-lived, and in retrospect, A KIND OF LOVING ranks as one of the few films from that period that remains true to its working-class origins and that still represents much that is true about life in industrial England today.
Two years after A KIND OF LOVING, John Schlesinger forsook the industrial North for the world of fashion models and public relations men in DARLING; another era in British film was over.
Below is a short sample of the essay "A Kind of Loving.".
This love in Vic is obvious to the viewer, by the way he jumps onto the bus with her and also how he makes an excuse concerning bus fares to talk to Ingrid.
For example, not only is Vic jogging home in happy spirits, with streetlights coming on, both symbols of love and a 'great light' entering Vic's life, but he is returning surrounded by slum-like, back-to-back housing.
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