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1973 novel by Thornton Wilder
Theophilus North
is a 1973
autobiographical novel
, the last novel written by
Thornton Wilder
. In 1988 it was adapted for the film
Mr. North
.
Plot summary
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In 1926 Theophilus North, 29 years old, leaves his four years employment at a
New Jersey
school and goes to
Newport, Rhode Island
, to buy a car that a friend sold him. He has no idea what to do next in his life. Arrived in the city, he decides to remain there. He tries to get an income giving private lessons and as a reader for $2.00 per hour, but soon his ability in solving problems helps introduce him to Newport's high society.
Characters
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- Theophilus North
- Josiah Dexter
- Bill Wentworth
- Henry Simmons
- Mrs. Cranston
- Diana Bell and Hilary Jones
- Miss Wickoff
- Mr. Diefendorf
- Flora Deland
- Baron Egon Bodo von Stams
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The novel is written in the
first person
; in fact the fictional author declares it is an abstract of a journal. However, a great part of the novel is made of dialogues between North and other characters.
There are fifteen chapters, each one treating a different episode where North is involved.
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