Fire Down Below

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Fire Down Below is a historical sea novel by William Golding that concludes his nautical trilogy exploring human nature and society aboard a 19th-century sailing ship.

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Fire Down Below canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nautical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
sea story ⓘ
author William Golding ⓘ
concludesTrilogy To the Ends of the Earth trilogy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores society aboard a 19th-century sailing ship ⓘ
featuresCharacter Edmund Talbot ⓘ
follows Close Quarters ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
sea fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality British ⓘ
hasMedium print ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Edmund Talbot as narrator ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
literarySignificance completion of Golding's sea trilogy ⓘ
mainTheme authority and obedience ⓘ
civilization and savagery ⓘ
class and power ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
narrativeForm journal narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
originalPublisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
partOfSeries To the Ends of the Earth trilogy ⓘ
prequel Close Quarters ⓘ
seriesPosition third volume ⓘ
settingEnvironment sailing ship ⓘ
sea voyage ⓘ
settingPeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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William Golding → notableWork → Fire Down Below ⓘ
To the Ends of the Earth trilogy → hasPart → Fire Down Below ⓘ
subject linked to: Close Quarters