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The Waterfall (novel)

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First edition, cover design by Lou Klein
(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Howard, Maureen (23 November 1969). "The Waterfall". The New York Times Books.

Further reading

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