The Waterfall (novel)

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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]

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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]

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References

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

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