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A Good School is a 1978 novel by American writer Richard Yates, set at a fictional New England boarding school during World War II. The story examines the institution, its teachers, and its students while following the pressures and disappointments of adolescence in a society shaped by wartime absence. Yates drew on his own experience as a schoolboy during the period, giving the novel a personal connection to its historical setting.
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Where is A Good School set?
A Good School is set at the fictional Dorset Academy, a New England boarding school. The story takes place during World War II and examines both the institution and the people inside it.
Who wrote A Good School?
A Good School was written by American novelist Richard Yates. It was first published in 1978, after his earlier novels Revolutionary Road and The Easter Parade.
Does A Good School focus on one student?
No, it uses the school as a broad social setting for teachers, students, and administrators. The novel is more interested in institutional pressure and disappointment than in a single coming-of-age plot.
How does World War II affect the novel?
The war shapes the atmosphere and the choices available to the school community. It adds pressure to ordinary adolescent disappointments and exposes the gap between a school's ideals and daily life.
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