Rites of Passage
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Rites of Passage is a Booker Prize–winning novel by William Golding that follows a young aristocrat’s morally fraught sea voyage to Australia in the early 19th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rites of Passage canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Booker Prize–winning work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | sea voyage to a penal colony in Australia ⓘ |
| explores |
coming-of-age of the protagonist
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conflict between social classes aboard ship ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Close Quarters
NERFINISHED
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Fire Down Below NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary novel
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historical novel ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Anderson
NERFINISHED
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Mr. Summers NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Colley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
journal entries
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letters ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
irony
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symbolism ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Edmund Talbot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative voice
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critique of British class system ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ |
| partOf | To the Ends of the Earth trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySetting | ship voyage to Australia ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | young aristocrat ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
class distinctions
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colonialism ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ power and authority ⓘ religion and faith ⓘ rites of passage ⓘ |
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