God on the Rocks (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Mary Pearson
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s and after World War II
- Setting: Northeast England
- Principal Characters: Margaret Marsh, Elinor Marsh, Kenneth Marsh, Terence Marsh, Charles Frayling, Binkie Frayling, Rosalie Frayling
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Girls, Maturation or coming of age, Children, Family or family life, 1940’s, 1930’s, England or English people, Youth, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: England
The Novel
The action of God on the Rocks involves a small number of characters, who at the beginning of the story are leading quiet lives, seemingly no longer emotionally involved with one another. Elinor Marsh, who was once engaged to Charles Frayling, lives the restricted life of the Primal Saints, devoted to her strict husband Kenneth Marsh, who disapproves of her previous association with the wealthy Frayling family. Charles and Binkie Frayling live their separate lives in Dene Close; Charles is a retiring, sexless English teacher, Binkie a housekeeping spinster who...
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