Scarborough

Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. It is the childhood home of Betty Flanders and her sons. Betty Flanders has lived in Scarborough for her whole life. She meets and marries her husband there and is still living there at the end of the novel. Her son Jacob moves away from Scarborough to attend school in Cambridge and then to live in London. Throughout the course of the novel, the narrative repeatedly visits Scarborough to check in with Betty Flanders and her friends. Scarborough represents country life and domestic life, contrasting with the cosmopolitan life of Jacob, who lives in London and travels around Europe.

Cornwall

Cornwall is an area of the United Kingdom located at the end of England’s southwestern peninsula. Cornwall is a generally rural and quiet area of England, close to the sea and distant from urban...