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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Rites of Passage canonical 3

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

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William Golding → notableWork → Rites of Passage ⓘ
Darkness Visible → followedBy → Rites of Passage ⓘ
To the Ends of the Earth trilogy → hasPart → Rites of Passage ⓘ
subject linked to: Close Quarters