The Waterfall (novel)

The Waterfall is a 1969 novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble. The novel is one of Drabble's more experimental narratives, starting as a third person narrative but quickly dominated by a first person protagonist Jane Gray, to guide the reader through her love affair and life.[1]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Maureen Howard gave the novel mixed reviews, suggesting that it wasn't artistic enough.[1] Howard writes that the novel is missing a "richness of seemingly effortless design, that is missing in Margaret Drabble's work. Like her heroine, she is still confined in a self-conscious world."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Howard, Maureen (November 23, 1969). "The Waterfall". The New York Times Books.

Further reading

  • Creighton, Joanne V (Jan 1, 1987). "Sisterly Symbiosis: Margaret Drabble's "The Waterfall" and A. S. Byatt's "The Game"". Mosaic. 20 (1).
  • Zivley, Sherry Lutz (August 30, 2012). "Neurosis and Recovery in Margaret Drabble's The Waterfall". PSYART: A Hyperlink Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts.
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