Morning, Noon, and Night (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Gould Cozzens
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Plot: Fictional memoir/Social chronicle
- Time of Work: Primarily from the 1920’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and an unidentified New England college town
- Principal Characters: Henry Dodd “Hank” Worthington, Ethelbert Cuthbertson “Cubby” Dodd, Franklin Pierce Worthington, Judith Conway, Elaine Worthington, Jonathan “Jon” Le Cato, Charlotte Thom Peckham, Leon Garesche
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Psychology or psychologists, Authors or writers, New York City, New England, Washington, D.C., Boston, Business or business people, Fate or fatalism, Colleges or universities, Middle age, Antiques, Consultants
- Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, Washington, D.C., New England
The Novel
In a series of related but seemingly random reflections, an extremely prosperous management expert on the threshold of old age (the “night” of the novel’s title) reviews the high and low points of his life, loves, and career, pausing also to ruminate on the lives and careers of certain ancestors. On balance, he feels, his life to date has been uncommonly full and rewarding, mainly as a result of sheer luck.
Born and reared on the campus of an unnamed New England college, descended on both sides from “dynasties” long represented in the college’s...
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