If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.

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Roy F. After spending some years without a permanent home Bowen finally settled in 'Carbery' Church Hill Hythe in 1965.

Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen CBE (7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Irish novelist and short story writer.