EN113 Studies in Contemporary EN113 Studies in Contemporary Writing: The Fiction of Writing: The Fiction of

AdolescenceAdolescence

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TextsTexts

1.1. The Go BetweenThe Go Between

2.2. The Catcher in the The Catcher in the RyeRye

3.3. The Member of the The Member of the WeddingWedding

4.4. The Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy

Leslie P. Hartley 1895 - Leslie P. Hartley 1895 - 19721972

Novels:Novels:

The Shrimp and the AnemoneThe Shrimp and the Anemone 19441944

The Sixth HeavenThe Sixth Heaven 1946 1946

Eustace and HildaEustace and Hilda 1947 1947

The BoatThe Boat 1949 1949

The Go BetweenThe Go Between 1953 1953

The HirelingThe Hireling 1957 1957

Facial JusticeFacial Justice 1960 1960

The BrickfieldThe Brickfield 1964 1964

““The past is a foreign The past is a foreign country, they do things country, they do things

differently there.differently there.

Opening sentence of Opening sentence of The Go BetweenThe Go Between

July 9, 1900July 9, 1900Leo ColstonLeo Colston

Brandham Hall in NorfolkBrandham Hall in NorfolkMarcus MaudsleyMarcus Maudsley

Leo will be 13 on July 27Leo will be 13 on July 27Monday, July 30, Leo leaves Monday, July 30, Leo leaves

Brandham HallBrandham HallAcute nervous breakdownAcute nervous breakdown

Hugh Viscount TriminghamHugh Viscount TriminghamMarian MaudsleyMarian Maudsley

and and Ted BurgessTed Burgess

The 3 Dates, againThe 3 Dates, again

Arrives Monday, July 9Arrives Monday, July 9

1313thth Birthday, Friday, July 27 Birthday, Friday, July 27

Departs Monday, July 30Departs Monday, July 30

Childhood Adolescence Adulthood

Structure of Structure of The Go The Go BetweenBetween

1.1. ProloguePrologue

2.2. Body Body

3.3. EpilogueEpilogue

Prologue: 1952 pp. 7-21Prologue: 1952 pp. 7-21(Leo 2)(Leo 2)

Body: pp.22-262Body: pp.22-262Chapter 1: July 9, 1900Chapter 1: July 9, 1900

23 Chapters covering 21 Days23 Chapters covering 21 DaysChapter 25: July 30, 1900Chapter 25: July 30, 1900

(Leo 1)(Leo 1)

Epilogue: 1952 pp.263-281

(Leo 3)

1900

Hope(Dashed)

Great Expectations(Dashed)

1952

Hope

Expectations

52 LongYearsOfDespair

““You were vanquished, You were vanquished, Colston, and so was your Colston, and so was your century, your precious century, your precious

century that you expected century that you expected so much of.” (p.17)so much of.” (p.17)

In The In The Novelist’s Novelist’s ResponsibilityResponsibility, 1967, , 1967,

Hartley wrote:Hartley wrote:

““As for the sin of using human As for the sin of using human beings for one’s own purposes, beings for one’s own purposes, and not as ends in themselves, and not as ends in themselves, we have only to glance at the we have only to glance at the events of the last fifty years.”events of the last fifty years.”

Prologue, pp. 5 to 18(13 pages)

Body, pp. 19 to 244(225 pages)

Epilogue, pp. 245 to 261(16 pages)

I should not be sitting in this I should not be sitting in this drab, flowerless drab, flowerless roomroom where the curtains were not even drawn to where the curtains were not even drawn to

hide the cold rain beating on the windows…hide the cold rain beating on the windows…P.6P.6

…and with a gesture …and with a gesture born of will…not born of will…not inclinationinclination, I took the diary out of the box and , I took the diary out of the box and

opened it.opened it.P.6P.6

such such a dull dog…[a] cindery creaturea dull dog…[a] cindery creatureP.17P.17

…the dawn of a Golden Age. For that was what I …the dawn of a Golden Age. For that was what I believed the coming century would be: the believed the coming century would be: the

realization, on the part of the whole world, realization, on the part of the whole world, of the of the hopes I was entertaining for myself.hopes I was entertaining for myself.

P.8 P.8

If Brandham Hall had been Southdown Hill School I If Brandham Hall had been Southdown Hill School I should have known how to deal with it. I understood should have known how to deal with it. I understood my schoolmates, they were not larger than life to me. my schoolmates, they were not larger than life to me.

I did not understand the world of Brandham I did not understand the world of Brandham Hall;Hall; the people there were much larger than life; the people there were much larger than life;

their meaning was as obscure to me as the curses I their meaning was as obscure to me as the curses I had called down on Jenkins and Strode: they had had called down on Jenkins and Strode: they had

zodiacal properties and proportions. zodiacal properties and proportions. They were, in They were, in fact, the substance of my dreams, the fact, the substance of my dreams, the realization of my hopes; they were the realization of my hopes; they were the

incarnated glory of the twentieth century;incarnated glory of the twentieth century; I I could no more have been indifferent to them than could no more have been indifferent to them than

after fifty years the steel could be indifferent to the after fifty years the steel could be indifferent to the magnets in my collar-box.magnets in my collar-box.

P.16P.16

Suddenly I caught sight of myself in a Suddenly I caught sight of myself in a glass and saw what a figure of fun I glass and saw what a figure of fun I

looked. Hitherto I had always taken my looked. Hitherto I had always taken my appearance for granted; now I saw appearance for granted; now I saw

how inelegant it was compared with how inelegant it was compared with theirs; and at the same time , and theirs; and at the same time , and for for the first time, I was acutely aware the first time, I was acutely aware of social inferiority. I felt utterly of social inferiority. I felt utterly out of place among these smart out of place among these smart

rich people, and a misfit rich people, and a misfit everywhere.everywhere. Nothing is more heating Nothing is more heating

than embarrassment…than embarrassment…P43P43

““The expedition to Norwich was a turning point, The expedition to Norwich was a turning point, it changed everything.” (p.43)it changed everything.” (p.43)

“From being my enemy, the summer had “From being my enemy, the summer had become my friend…The green suit with its become my friend…The green suit with its

smoked–pearl buttons and open collar which sat smoked–pearl buttons and open collar which sat so lightly on me, the underclothes whose touch so lightly on me, the underclothes whose touch caressed me, the stockings hardly thick enough caressed me, the stockings hardly thick enough

to protect my legs from scratches, the low to protect my legs from scratches, the low shoes which were my special pride – these , I shoes which were my special pride – these , I

felt, were only the first steps towards my felt, were only the first steps towards my complete corporeal union with the summer.”complete corporeal union with the summer.”

(pp. 45,46)(pp. 45,46)

My spiritual transformation My spiritual transformation took place in Norwich, it was took place in Norwich, it was there that, like an emerging there that, like an emerging

butterfly, I was first conscious butterfly, I was first conscious of my wings. p.44of my wings. p.44

You flew too near to the sun, You flew too near to the sun, and you were scorched.and you were scorched.

P.17P.17

……I retreated almost in fear I retreated almost in fear before that powerful body, before that powerful body,

which spoke to me of which spoke to me of something I did not know.something I did not know.

P.56P.56

But when I was with him But when I was with him [Ted] his mere physical [Ted] his mere physical

presence cast a spell on me…presence cast a spell on me…He was, I felt, what a man He was, I felt, what a man ought to be, what I should ought to be, what I should like to be when I grew up.like to be when I grew up.

P141P141

I didn’t seriously regard Lord I didn’t seriously regard Lord Trimingham as a rival: he Trimingham as a rival: he was on a higher plane, the was on a higher plane, the plane of the imagination.plane of the imagination.

P.144P.144

“…“…and it was then that we saw them and it was then that we saw them [Marian and Ted] together on the ground, [Marian and Ted] together on the ground,

the Virgin and the Water-Carrier, two the Virgin and the Water-Carrier, two bodies moving like one. I think I was more bodies moving like one. I think I was more

mystified than horrified; it was Mrs mystified than horrified; it was Mrs Maudsley’s repeated screams that Maudsley’s repeated screams that

frightened me, and a shadow on the wall frightened me, and a shadow on the wall that opened and closed like an umbrella.”that opened and closed like an umbrella.”

P.244P.244I remember very little more, but somehow it I remember very little more, but somehow it

got through to me while I was still at got through to me while I was still at Brandham Hall, that Ted Burgess had gone Brandham Hall, that Ted Burgess had gone home and shot himself.home and shot himself.

P.244P.244

A foreigner in the world of A foreigner in the world of the emotions, ignorant of the emotions, ignorant of

their language…their language…P.261P.261

I accumulated facts: facts I accumulated facts: facts that existed independently of that existed independently of

me, facts that me, facts that my private my private wisheswishes could not add to or could not add to or

subtract from.subtract from.P.247P.247

The tears came into my eyes – The tears came into my eyes – tears which I had never shed, tears which I had never shed, I think, since I left Brandham I think, since I left Brandham HallHall. So that was why she had . So that was why she had given me the green bicycle – to given me the green bicycle – to facilitate my journeys between facilitate my journeys between

the Hall and the farm.the Hall and the farm.P.250P.250

Hugh Winlove, 9Hugh Winlove, 9thth Viscount Trimingham, Viscount Trimingham,Born 1874, Died 1910Born 1874, Died 1910

(Married Marian Maudsley)(Married Marian Maudsley)

Hugh Winlove, 10Hugh Winlove, 10thth Viscount Trimingham Viscount TriminghamBorn Born Feb. 12, 1901Feb. 12, 1901, Died June 15, 1944 , Died June 15, 1944

(War)(War)Wife, Alethea, killed in an air raid, 1941 (War)Wife, Alethea, killed in an air raid, 1941 (War)

Edward Winlove, 11Edward Winlove, 11thth Viscount Trimingham Viscount Trimingham(The Present Viscount, “Ted”)(The Present Viscount, “Ted”)

““I remembered all the people of our I remembered all the people of our drama anddrama and

prayed for themprayed for them

and and in the end I even prayed for myself.”in the end I even prayed for myself.”

p.252p.252

You know that Ted and I were lovers…But You know that Ted and I were lovers…But we weren’t ordinary lovers in the vulgar we weren’t ordinary lovers in the vulgar sense, not in the way people make love sense, not in the way people make love today. Our love was a beautiful thing, today. Our love was a beautiful thing,

wasn’t it? I mean, we gave up everything wasn’t it? I mean, we gave up everything for each other…We were made for each for each other…We were made for each

other. Do you remember what that summer other. Do you remember what that summer was like? – how much more beautiful than was like? – how much more beautiful than

any since? Well, what was the most any since? Well, what was the most beautiful thing in it? Wasn’t it us, and our beautiful thing in it? Wasn’t it us, and our

feeling for each other? Didn’t you realize it, feeling for each other? Didn’t you realize it, when you took our letters for us?when you took our letters for us?

…What could I say, but yes.…What could I say, but yes.P.259, 260P.259, 260

……The southwest prospect of The southwest prospect of the Hall, long hidden from the Hall, long hidden from my memory, sprang into my memory, sprang into

view.view.P.261P.261

(Last words of the novel)(Last words of the novel)

Prologue, pp. 5 to 18Deception/Self Deception

Leo 1

Body, pp. 19 to 244Self Imprisonment

Leo II

Epilogue, pp. 245 to 261Self Realisation

Leo III