Decline and Fall | Characters
Paul Pennyfeather is the only fully developed character in Decline and Fall, which is otherwise populated by a large cast of eccentrics whose activities range from the merely odd to the seriously criminal. In keeping with the image of life as a ferris wheel, they keep popping up in each phase of Pennyfeather's career: Yesterday's schoolteacher is today's brothel keeper and tomorrow's fellow prisoner, as people turn yet another facet of their characters to the fresh light afforded by their constantly changing circumstances. Much of the humor is based upon the notion that in...
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