Caught (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Vincent Yorke
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Social morality
- Time of Work: 1939-1940
- Setting: London and the English countryside
- Principal Characters: Richard Roe, Dy, Christopher, Albert Pye, Hilly, Prudence, Shiner Wright, Arthur Piper, Mary Howells, Trant
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Suicide, 1940’s, World War II, Class consciousness, 1930’s, London, Firefighting or firefighters
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
Caught is largely based on Henry Green’s experiences, from 1939 through Christmas, 1940, as a member of London’s Auxiliary Fire Service. One of the novel’s two co-protagonists, Richard Roe, resembles the author in his mid-thirties age, moneyed circumstances, fatherhood of a son who was born in 1934, and exposure, during the first year of World War II, to members of the laboring class serving as fellow amateur firemen.
The novel’s chronology falls into three blocks. The first (chapters 1-4) concentrates on half a dozen days during December, 1939,...
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