Crusoe’s Daughter (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Mary Pearson
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1898-1985
- Setting: A marshy coastal area in northern England
- Principal Characters: Polly Flint, Frances and Mary Younghusband, Mrs. Agnes Woods, Arthur Thwaite, Paul Treece, Theodore (Theo) Zeit, Alice
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, England or English people, Women’s issues, Marshes, swamps, or wetlands
- Locales: England
The Novel
Orphaned and marooned in a lonely seaside house with two fastidious maiden aunts, Polly Flint poignantly reveals her clumsy and comic growth from childhood to adulthood. Polly’s personal revelations concerning her youthful misconception of past events and misunderstanding of other characters’ lives constitute the bulk of the action in Crusoe’s Daughter.
Early in the novel, an impressionable Polly identifies with the heroic Robinson Crusoe because she believes that they share a common lot: deserted but destined for discovery on life’s isolated...
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