Kamongo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Homer W. Smith
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Philosophical
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: The Red Sea and the Suez Canal
- Genres: Long fiction, Didactic literature
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Science or scientists, 1920’s, Faith, Priests, Naturalists, Evolution
- Locales: Red Sea, Suez Canal
Characters Discussed
Joel, a thirty-year-old naturalist. He is married and teaches at a small college in the United States. Presumably, he is American, although the patina of his speech is British, sprinkled with phrases such as “jolly well.” He is on a steamship bound from the eastern coast of Africa for the Suez Canal by way of the Red Sea, and he is returning from field research in Kenya. He converses at great length with an Anglican priest. His discourse on the Kamongo, a lungfish on the verge of extinction, is followed by his elaboration on Darwinian notions of...
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