Adams's characters are great readers, and their choice of novelists gives us an idea of Adams's literary milieu, as well as a key to the characters themselves. Lavinia admires Marcel Proust, especially the Duchess de Guermantes; Cathy and Megan share a liking for Henry James; and Janet reads John Dos Passos. The type of narrative Adams writes, however, is also in the tradition of the Victorians, not only Dickens, but also Mrs. Gaskel and George Gissing; modern writers.....
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