The Waters of Kronos (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Conrad Richter
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: 1960’s and the past
- Setting: Unionville, Pennsylvania
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Time travel fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Memory, Supernatural, Pennsylvania, Time travel, Time, Nostalgia
- Locales: Pennsylvania, Unionville, PA
Characters Discussed
John Donner, a prolific author who has written a book about his hometown of Unionville, which is now under the water of Lake Kronos. Donner returns to visit the relocated graveyards holding the bodies of his family: the Donners, the Morgans, and the Scarletts. Perhaps he is secretly trying to find a resting place for himself, perhaps he is trying to go home again, and perhaps he is trying to penetrate the murky waters of memory and find his past.
Elijah S. Morgan, Donner’s grandfather, a pastor, a Union supporter, and the father of Aunt Jessie and...
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