A Wrinkle in Time (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Madeleine L'Engle
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The future
- Setting: The northeastern United States and the planets of Camazotz and Uriel
- Principal Characters: Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, Dr. Murry, Mrs. Murry, Sandy, Mrs. Whatsit, Calvin O’Keefe, Aunt Beast, It
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable, Bildungsroman, Science fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Values, Children, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Adolescence, Teenagers, Supernatural, Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Brothers and sisters, Individuality, Emotions, Brothers, Time travel, Good and evil, Conformity, Planets, Space and time, Technology, Battles
- Locales: Space, Northeast (U.S.), Camazotz (fictive), Uriel (fictive)
Form and Content
A Wrinkle in Time is Madeleine L’Engle’s story of a brother and sister who seek their father, who is imprisoned on the planet Camazotz. A fantasy novel for children, the work accentuates the power of women by casting thirteen-year-old Meg Murry as the protagonist and savior.
The government of the United States has sent Meg’s father to Camazotz to rectify a moral evil blighting the minds and souls of the planet’s inhabitants. On Camazotz (a possible play on “comatose”), the people are placidly content because they have no conflicts....
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