Carrie (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen King
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: Chamberlain, Maine
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Girls
- Locales: Chamberlain, ME
The Plot
Carrie is Stephen King’s first published novel, for which he received a $5,000 advance. With this book, he showed his interest in telekinesis and children, two motifs that characterize much of his fiction. The protagonist of the book, Carrie White, is almost eighteen and is a senior in high school.
King divides the novel roughly into two halves, “Blood Sport” and “Prom Night.” In the first half, King introduces his method for telling the story, which is to write much of the story as anyone might, but with the inclusion of fictional newspaper...
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