47 pages 1 hour read

Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

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Essay Topics

1.

Farewell, My Lovely is best described as a work of noir fiction. Pick three conventions of the noir genre and explore how the novel follows the conventions or deviates from them and to what effect.

2.

How can Marlowe be considered an anti-hero, and what effect does this have on the reading of the novel?

3.

How is alcohol handled throughout the novel, and to what effect?