The imaginative setting of St.
Botolphs is reminiscent of a number of similar creations including Mark Twain's St. Petersburg, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, and William Faulkner's Jefferson. In each case the locale contributes to the quality and value of the theme while producing characters that appear as realistic extensions of the environment. Likewise, the idyllic small-town atmosphere allows for explicit contrast with the forbidden or foreboding attraction of the city, gently calling the romantic innocent in search of experience.
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