Dec 23, 2009
King's first published novel. Carrie, is also one of his most unusual efforts in its style. Only about half the story is written in traditional narrative form: The remainder uses what is called the epistolary style, meaning that the action is carried forward through the use of fictional letters, newspaper pieces, academic journal articles, and selections from books written by witnesses to the events long after their occurrence.
The novel's main character is Carrie White, a high school senior trapped between two equally horrible kinds of existence. At home, Carrie is...
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