A mystery and a love story spanning five decades, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. In this widely... source
Places
- FeaturesSignal Hill — Cabot Tower↗
Signal Hill features as the vantage for the sealing fleet's departure — a recurring set piece in the novel.
Penguin Random House Reader's Guide for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. — source
- FeaturesWater Street (192)↗
The Smallwood family shoe store on Water Street is a recurring setting in the Smallwood sections.
Penguin Random House Reader's Guide for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. — source
- Set atBishop Feild College↗
Newfoundland Studies (UNB) explicitly identifies Bishop Feild College as the specific St. John's school setting of the novel's school chapters.
Stephen Boyd, 'The scuttlework of empire,' Newfoundland Studies — source
