The Tilted Cross (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Hal Porter
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1847
- Setting: Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land (Hobart, Tasmania)
- Principal Characters: Judas Griffin Vaneleigh, Queely Sheill, Sir Sydney Knight, Lady Rose Knight, Asnetha Sleep, Orfee Maka (Teapot)
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Mythology or myths, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Christianity, Good and evil, Hell
- Locales: Tasmania
The Novel
Hal Porter on several occasions acknowledged that he lacked the ability to invent and that, as a consequence, he took characters and plots from contemporary or historical sources. The result is that the characters are seldom well developed psychologically and the plots are rudimentary. A consideration of the plot of The Tilted Cross will illustrate this.
Lady Rose Knight and her husband’s cousin, Asnetha Sleep, prepare to receive the recently released forger and suspected murderer Judas Griffin Vaneleigh, who is to make a crayon portrait of Rose....
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