Through the Tunnel Summary
Doris Lessing

Biography EssayDoris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has remained at the top ever since. In the past four decades, her work ... Read more

Doris Lessing, whose long career as a novelist, short story writer, and essayist began in the mid-twentieth century, is considered among the most important writers of the modern postwar era. Since her... Read more

Doris Lessing's literary career spans more than four decades; consequently her texts, both fiction and nonfiction, are valuable at the most basic level as historical records that tackle the central po... Read more

Doris Lessing's short story, "Through the Tunnel," is about a dependant `mummy's boy' named Jerry who struggles through a tough journey to achieve independence. As the story continues he encounters a ... Read more