Dream Children
 First edition cover | |
| Author | A. N. Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
| Publication date | August 1998 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardback and paperback |
| Pages | 218 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-393-02740-6 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 39050887 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 21 |
| LC Class | PR6073.I439 D7 1998 |
Dream Children is a 1998 novel by A. N. Wilson.[1]
Plot summary
[edit]Owing to his own early encounters, Oliver Gold, a distinguished philosopher, has decided he can only be happy with a child. Oliver, however, moves in with a widow in North London. He makes all the ladies around him fall in love with him, from the aging matriarch to a pair of lesbian lovers to a little girl named Bobs. Bobs is aged three when Oliver moves in and is aged ten by the end of the book.
Publication
[edit]Development
[edit]Dream Children was published by W. W. Norton & Company on August 1, 1998.[2]
Reception
[edit]The book received positive reception upon release. Kirkus Reviews described the book as being timely and disturbing in equal measure.[2] Publishers Weekly was mostly positive but argued that it lacked "the brilliant consistency of vision of Lolita."[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Waugh, Auberon (May 1998). "A Noble Stand from a Very Clever Novelist". Literary Review. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Dream Children". Kirkus Reviews. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ↑ "Dream Children". Publishers Weekly. 3 August 1998. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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