Warings is an `isolated' and `entirely graceless' country house belonging to a lonely middle-class widower, Mr Joseph Hooper. It is the place where the whole novel begins with and plays a significant role in the story. In short, Warings is important in several aspects - the setting of the story, the kind of atmosphere and mood it creates, the themes it portray as well as the symbol it represents in the story.

In a way, Warings is the `focal point', where the main characters of the novel, Mr Hooper and his son, Edmund along with Mrs Helena Kingshaw and her son, Charles all play a part in the novel. To put this in simple words, Warings is important because it brings the characters together. It acts as the frame of a jigsaw puzzle, where the characters, which are the jigsaw pieces, fit in nicely.

Different characters come to...