The Waterfall (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Drabble
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: London and Yorkshire
- Principal Characters: Jane Gray, James Otford, Malcolm Gray, Lucy Goldsmith Otford, Laurie Gray, Bianca Gray
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Gender roles, Marriage, Poetry or poets, Women’s issues, Assertiveness, London, Childbirth, Fate or fatalism, Water
- Locales: London, England, Yorkshire, England
The Novel
Narrating the most intimate details of the feminine experience surrounding the birth of her second child, Jane Gray surrenders herself to the fate that is her physical nature and sees herself as drowning in a “willing sea.” Her confessional narrative glides effortlessly in and out of two distinct voices, one debating, as it were, with the other. Speaking in the third-person, Jane narrates the events of her past and her present. When she shifts to the first person, she comments on her feelings about the events, as though to find interconnections and some center for...
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