The Aunt’s Story (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Patrick White
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological symbolism
- Time of Work: c. 1900-1940
- Setting: Meroë, near Sydney, Australia; the French Riviera; and the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Voyages, France or French people, Music or musicians, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Women’s issues, Personality, Adventure, Musical instruments, Australia or Australians, Intuition
- Locales: France, United States, Riviera, Sydney, Australia
Characters Discussed
Theodora Goodman, an unmarried woman in her forties. Theodora has devoted much of her adult life to caring for her difficult, antagonistic mother. Once old Mrs. Goodman dies, Theodora decides to travel. She journeys first to pre-World War II Europe and then to America. Before leaving, she recounts the story of her youth to her young niece and soulmate, Lou Parrott. Theodora was decidedly unfeminine as a girl, all bones and angles. She would say startling things and preferred going hunting with her beloved father to practicing the piano. Although clever and...
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