... Greenwood, which can be classed as Modernism. The setting of the novel can be very important in social and historical factors, depicting the mood of the environment the novel takes place and how it relates to the story being told. Walter Greenwood sets his novel 'Love on the Dole' in Salford, a well-known industrial town, which is highly specific to the story: "The identical houses of yesterday remain, still valuable in the estate market, not to mention a highly satisfactory profit, has been paid for over and over again by the tenants." (1) Thus depicting the social issues and capitalism of the time and place the novel is set, whereas Angela Carter sets most of her novel 'The Magic Toyshop' in London, where a mass of concealed relationships, secrets and indirect forms of communication can be found, an opportunity allowing for the novelist to weave this into the plot. Angela Carter ...

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