The Well (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Monica Elizabeth Knight
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: Western Australia
- Principal Characters: Hester Harper, Katherine, Mr. Bird
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Friendship, 1980’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Fear, Accidents, Death or dying, Good and evil, Single people, Loneliness, Orphans or orphanages, Horror, Isolation, Australia or Australians
- Locales: Australia
The Novel
The first two chapters of The Well establish the two plot lines of the novel. The novel’s central relationship is suggested in the first brief chapter, when Hester Harper answers her father’s question as to what she has brought him, “I’ve brought Katherine. . . I’ve brought Katherine, but she’s for me.” Casually, Hester has acquired a teenage orphan who is no longer needed at the store where she has been working. As the novel progresses, Katherine becomes the center of Hester’s life and the target of her unacknowledged sexual desires.
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