Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce

Writing on the relationship between memories and narratives, theorist Derek Neal argues that ‘consciousness, memory and storytelling are intricately linked’ (954). This statement becomes especially relevant when, as will be explored within this...

Time is the centre-point of Pearce’s novel, particularly the confusion around the reality and reliability of time. This essay will set out to answer Tom’s question; ‘What is Time- I mean, how does Time work?’[1] by researching scientific and...