Plot summary: A Separate Peace, by John Knowles 4 Articles

by Morgan Johnson

The novel A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles is set as a boarding school in New Hampshire in during the Second World War. The story focuses on the experiences of a small circle of boys coming of age during that great global ...read more

by Dossie M Terrell

The setting for a separate Peace took place in 1942 at Devon School in New Hampshire. The main character was Gene Forrester, a quiet student who fancied himself an intellectual. In a strange twist he selected as his best f...read more

by Bridget N. Watts

A Separate Peace is the 1959 coming-of-age novel by author John Knowles. It tells the story of Gene Forrester's time at a private boarding school in England during World War II. While at the boarding school, Gene spends mo...read more

by Sri Harsha

A Separate Peace is a famous novel written by the author John Knowles. This novel was his first novel and it is considered as one of his famous works. Plot Summary The story is about an introvert, and intellect perso...read more