A Wreath of Roses (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Coles
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Character study
- Time of Work: A summer in the mid-1940’s
- Setting: Abingford, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Marriage, 1940’s, Friendship, England or English people, Violence, Fear, Women’s issues, Small-town life, Corruption, Clergy, Isolation
- Locales: England, Abingford, England
Characters Discussed
Camilla Hill, an unmarried school secretary in her late thirties who usually makes no effort to enhance her pleasant-enough, blue-eyed looks and good figure. After years of lazy, serene summer holidays with her two closest friends and confidantes, Camilla is confronted this summer with their separate preoccupations: Frances Rutherford’s with old age and despair, and Liz Nicholson’s with marriage and new motherhood. Resentful, alienated, and increasingly aware of her own encroaching middle age and her life’s sterility, Camilla is quickly becoming...
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