In 1926 Theophilus North, 29 years old, leaves his four years employment at a New Jersey school and goes to Newport, Rhode Island, to buy a car that a friend sold him. He has no idea what to do next in his life. Arrived in the city, he decides to remain there. He tries to get an income giving private lessons and as a reader for $2.00 per hour, but soon his ability in solving problems helps introduce him to Newport's high society.
Charactersedit
Theophilus North
Josiah Dexter
Bill Wentworth
Henry Simmons
Mrs. Cranston
Diana Bell and Hilary Jones
Miss Wickoff
Mr. Diefendorf
Flora Deland
Baron Egon Bodo von Stams
Styleedit
The novel is written in the first person; in fact the fictional author declares it is an abstract of a journal. However, a great part of the novel is made of dialogues between North and other characters.
There are fifteen chapters, each one treating a different episode where North is involved.
theophilus, north, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2012, learn, when, remove. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Theophilus North news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Theophilus North is a 1973 autobiographical novel the last novel written by Thornton Wilder In 1988 it was adapted for the film Mr North Theophilus NorthAuthorThornton WilderCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreNovelPublisherHarper amp RowPublication date1973Media typePrint Hardcover Pages374ISBN978 0 060 14636 8 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Style 4 See also 5 ReferencesPlot summary editIn 1926 Theophilus North 29 years old leaves his four years employment at a New Jersey school and goes to Newport Rhode Island to buy a car that a friend sold him He has no idea what to do next in his life Arrived in the city he decides to remain there He tries to get an income giving private lessons and as a reader for 2 00 per hour but soon his ability in solving problems helps introduce him to Newport s high society Characters editTheophilus North Josiah Dexter Bill Wentworth Henry Simmons Mrs Cranston Diana Bell and Hilary Jones Miss Wickoff Mr Diefendorf Flora Deland Baron Egon Bodo von StamsStyle editThe novel is written in the first person in fact the fictional author declares it is an abstract of a journal However a great part of the novel is made of dialogues between North and other characters There are fifteen chapters each one treating a different episode where North is involved See also edit nbsp Novels portalReferences edit nbsp This article about a 1970s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Theophilus North amp oldid 1001021927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
