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To the Ends of the Earth is the title given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels— Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's ...
Jan 1, 2001 · 3.58. 4,103 ratings272 reviews. The first volume of William Golding's Sea Trilogy. Sailing to Australia in the early years of the nineteenth century, Edmund Talbot keeps a journal to amuse his godfather back in England. Full of wit and disdain, he records the mounting tensions on the ancient, stinking warship where officers, sailors, soldiers ...
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In addition to Talbot, many of the eccentric passengers - a sexually predatory sailor, an aging coquette, the ship’s tyrannical captain - undergo profound changes in the course of the voyage, during which a naive clergyman is victimised and, finally, pushed to take drastic action. Winner. The Booker Prize 1980. Published by. Faber & Faber.
Last Updated September 5, 2023. William Golding's Rites of Passage is the first novel in the To the Ends of the Earth trilogy. In his journal, Edmund Talbot accounts a six month voyage to...
Jul 15, 2023 · Rites of Passage is a novel by Mike Brooks . Contents. 1 Story Description[1] 2 See also. 2.1 Related articles. 2.2 Related products. 3 Sources. Story Description [1] Lord Azariel, Head of the Navigator House Brobantis is dead. His widow and murderer, the Lady Chettamandey, stands to inherit his power and influence.
Feb 17, 2015 · Rites of Passage is the first book in Golding’s To the Ends of the Earth trilogy and it won the Man Booker prize in 1980. It is written in the form of a travel journal and it documents Edmund Talbot’s sea voyage from England to Australia.
