The Tree of Man (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Patrick White
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Australia
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Nature, Marriage, Rural or country life, Villages, Loneliness, Ireland or Irish people, Frontier or pioneer life, Australia or Australians
- Locales: Australia
Characters Discussed
Stan Parker, an ordinary, hardworking, twentieth century Australian farmer. He is the son of a blacksmith and an educated mother. After his parents’ deaths, Stan leaves the bush town where he grew up and moves to a piece of property he had inherited in an unsettled area near Sydney. He carves out a home and the beginning of a farm in the wilderness, then marries Amy, whom he meets at a dance in a nearby town. They settle into a humdrum life centered on domestic chores and rearing children. They live uneventfully for the next fifty or so years. Although...
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