Free Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1917-c. 1950
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, Freedom, Memory, Sex or sexuality, Art or artists, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, World War II, Guilt, Schools or school life, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, England or English people, Moral conditions, Prisoners of war
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Rotten Row. Alleyway of slum housing in an unnamed Kent town, where Mountjoy was born and where his earliest memories are located. The name is probably merely colloquial; the only two parts of the town that William Golding names in the novel are Rotten Row, where Mountjoy was a child, and Paradise Hill, where he lives as a successful adult. The symbolism of these names is clearly intentional. Seen through the eyes of an innocent child who generally does not comprehend what he sees, Rotten Row is described at greater length and in far more detail than any other...
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