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[[File:TheWaterfallDrabble.jpg|thumb|First edition, cover design by Lou Klein<br> (publ. [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]])]]
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'''''The Waterfall''''' is a 1969 novel by British novelist [[Margaret Drabble]]. The novel is one of Drabble's more experimental narratives, starting as a third person narrative but quickly dominated by a first person protagonist Jane Gray, to guide the reader through her love affair and life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/19/home/drabble-waterfall.html|title=The Waterfall|last=Howard|first=Maureen|date=November 23, 1969|work=The New York Times Books|access-date=|via=}}</ref>
'''''The Waterfall''''' is a [[1969]] novel by [[British]] [[novelist]] [[Margaret Drabble]]. The novel is one of Drabble's more experimental narratives, starting as a third person narrative but quickly dominated by a first person protagonist Jane Gray, to guide the reader through her love affair and life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/19/home/drabble-waterfall.html|title=The Waterfall|last=Howard|first=Maureen|date=November 23, 1969|work=The New York Times Books|access-date=|via=}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==

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First edition, cover design by Lou Klein
(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Waterfall is a 1969 novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble. The novel is one of Drabble's more experimental narratives, starting as a third person narrative but quickly dominated by a first person protagonist Jane Gray, to guide the reader through her love affair and life.[1]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Maureen Howard gave the novel mixed reviews, suggesting that it wasn't artistic enough.[1] Howard writes that the novel is missing a "richness of seemingly effortless design, that is missing in Margaret Drabble's work. Like her heroine, she is still confined in a self-conscious world."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Howard, Maureen (November 23, 1969). "The Waterfall". The New York Times Books.

Further reading