The Golden Notebook (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris May Taylor
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1940’s-1950’s
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Anna Wulf, Molly Jacobs, Richard Portmain, Tommy Jacobs, Marion Jacobs
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Intellectuals, Communism or communists, Politics, Socialism, Love or romance, Gender roles, Self, Authors or writers, Literature, 1940’s, Friendship, Writing, Novelists, Women’s issues, Single parents or single-parent families, Women, Creative process, London, Lifestyles
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Book One. In the “Free Women” section, Anna visited her old friend Molly, feeling distant and cynical about their personal talks. Richard and Molly fought about their son, his new wife, and his choice of career. Tommy, sarcastic, watched his parents, and Anna went home depressed to write. Beginning as a parody of a novel synopsis, the Black Notebook then continues with Anna’s reminiscences about her experiences with a group of communist intellectuals in World War II Rhodesia. The group discovered a resort hotel in the veld, where they spent their...
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