Rubyfruit Jungle (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Rita Mae Brown
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1950’s to the late 1960’s
- Setting: Pennsylvania, Florida, and New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Sexism, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, New York City, Alienation, Lesbianism or lesbians, Small-town life, Ethics, Florida, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: New York, NY, Coffee Hollow, PA, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Gainesville, FL
Characters Discussed
Molly Bolt, an aspiring film director. As an illegitimate child, a lesbian, and a feminist, Molly feels that she is different for most of her life. She grew up poor and was a bright child. She was the first person in her family to go to college but was expelled for having an affair with her roommate. Now a thin, very attractive young woman, Molly expends much of her energy resisting labels; she demands the freedom to have any career she wants, love whomever she wants, and live the way she wants without interference. She is not tolerant of anyone who thinks...
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