From the Terrace (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John O’Hara
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: The first half of the twentieth century
- Setting: Pennsylvania, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Raymond Alfred Eaton, a boy who, especially after the death of his older brother, is emotionally neglected by his father and is disillusioned by his mother’s increasingly apparent alcoholism and infidelities. He develops a strong sense of self-sufficiency while boarding at Knox Preparatory School, while attending Princeton University, and while serving with the Navy during World War I. He becomes a handsome and remarkably poised young man, exhibiting a genuine charm balanced by a polite reserve. He falls in love with Victoria Dockwiler and then Norma...
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