Running along the same lines as a daytime soap opera, Margaret Drabble's A Natural Curiosity provides pertinent information about life in Northam, England, a small, quaint town just outside of London, during the mid to late 1900's. Drabble narrates the novel in third person omniscient which allows her to venture into the minds of the diverse characters. Although there exists a black and white central conflict, all of the minor conflicts stem from Alix Bowen, the first, and most essential individual.
In one way or another, all of the people share some distinct connection with Alix Bowen. Drabble's description of Alix Bowen's obsession with a murderer named Paul Whitmore who had held her hostage in the past, allows the reader identify with Alix's innocence. A good-hearted, well-minded person, Alix Bowen feels compelled to discover how a man of Whitmore's intelligence could possibly commit the horrible crimes that he did. Drabble also forces the reader to sympathize with Alix Bowen,......
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