Mrs. Caliban (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Rachel Ingalls
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Southern California
- Principal Characters: Dorothy, Fred, Larry, Estelle, Stan, Scotty, Sandra, Joey, Jeanie Cranston, Suzanne, Mr. Mendoza
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Culture, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Nature, Marriage, Betrayal, California, West, U.S., Adultery, Death or dying, Fantasy, Depression, mental, Sea or seafaring life, Loneliness, Middle Ages, Comedy, Horror, Monsters, Animals
- Locales: California
Form and Content
Mrs. Caliban, a short and deceptively simple novel about an ordinary American housewife, becomes more and more disturbing as it progresses. For one thing, the novel’s plot becomes increasingly farfetched. Dorothy not only has a love affair with Larry, an escaped sea-monster, but because of that love affair she is indirectly responsible as well for the deaths of several people whose lives are intimately connected to hers—including her husband. These plot complications neatly combine the grotesque elements of a sensational tabloid headline—something...
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